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

  1. Tenfold; An amount multiplied by ten; To multiply...

Ancestry of “decuple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdécupletenfold; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latindecuplustenfold
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decuple”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →
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