Where does “décanat” come from?

décanat (French) comes from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

décanat (French): deanship

Definitions

  1. deanship

Ancestry of “décanat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecānuschief of ten people (in various contexts)
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →