Where does “decuply” come from?

decuply (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.

decuply (English): In a decuple manner

Definitions

  1. In a decuple manner

Ancestry of “decuply”, step by step

decuply traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English decuple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecupleTenfold; An amount multiplied by ten; To multiply...
2Frenchdécupletenfold; first-person singular present indicative...
3Latindecuplustenfold
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem