Where does “décurie” come from?

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

décurie (French): decury

Definitions

  1. decury

Ancestry of “décurie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecuriaa group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...
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 →