Where does “dimeless” come from?
dimeless (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.
dimeless (English): Without a dime; broke
Definitions
- Without a dime; broke
Ancestry of “dimeless”, step by step
dimeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dime
| 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 |