Where does “decuple” come from?
decuple (English) comes from French décuple, from Latin decuplus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
decuple (English): Tenfold; An amount multiplied by ten; To multiply...
Definitions
- Tenfold; An amount multiplied by ten; To multiply...
Ancestry of “decuple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | décuple | tenfold; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | decuplus | tenfold |
| 3 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 4 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
Words derived from “decuple”