Where does “decury” come from?

decury (English) comes from Latin decuria, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decury (English): A set or squad of ten men under a decurion

Definitions

A set or squad of ten men under a decurion

Ancestry of “decury”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	decuria	a group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...
2	Latin	decem	ten; 10
3	Latin	-nus	-an
4	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decury”

decuria

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →