Where does “décibel” come from?

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

décibel (French): decibel

Definitions

  1. decibel

Ancestry of “décibel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéci-deci-
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “décibel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →