Where does “dimed” come from?
dimed (English) comes from English dime, from Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme, from Latin decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
dimed (English): At volume setting 10; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- At volume setting 10; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “dimed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dime | A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar; A coin... |
| 2 | Middle English | dime | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | disme | one tenth, tithe; tenth |
| 4 | Latin | decimus | tenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and... |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |