Where does “decuplet” come from?
decuplet (English) comes from English decuple, 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.
decuplet (English): One of a group of ten babies born at the same...
Definitions
- One of a group of ten babies born at the same...
Ancestry of “decuplet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decuple | Tenfold; An amount multiplied by ten; To multiply... |
| 2 | French | décuple | tenfold; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | decuplus | tenfold |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |