Where does “décigrade” come from?

décigrade (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.

décigrade (French): decigrade

Definitions

  1. decigrade

Ancestry of “décigrade”, 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 “décigrade”

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