Where does “den” come from?
Den comes from Old French denier, from Latin denarius meaning a small coin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ relating to ten.
den (English): A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a...
Definitions
- A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a...
Ancestry of “den”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | denier | denier |
| 2 | Latin | dēnārius | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |