Where does “heptadecad” come from?
heptadecad (English) comes from English decad, from English decade, from Middle English decade, from Middle French decade, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
heptadecad (English): A group of seven decads arranged to produce twenty-four tones
Definitions
- A group of seven decads arranged to produce twenty-four tones
Ancestry of “heptadecad”, step by step
heptadecad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English decad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decad | Archaic form of decade |
| 2 | English | decade | A group, set, or series of ten, particularly |
| 3 | Middle English | decade | — |
| 4 | Middle French | decade | a series of 10 books |
| 5 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English hepta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hepta | seven |