Where does “décuple” come from?

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

décuple (French): tenfold; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. tenfold; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “décuple”, step by step

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

Words derived from “décuple”

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