Where does “dekonaĵo” come from?

dekonaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto dekono, from Esperanto dek, from Ancient Greek δέκα, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

dekonaĵo (Esperanto): tithe

Definitions

  1. tithe

Ancestry of “dekonaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantodekonoa tenth
2Esperantodekten
3Ancient Greekδέκαten
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek λέγωEvery word from Ancient Greek λόγος