Where does “decagramo” come from?
decagramo (Galician) comes from French décagramme, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
decagramo (Galician): decagram
Definitions
- decagram
Ancestry of “decagramo”, step by step
decagramo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French décagramme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | décagramme | decagram / decagramme |
| 2 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 3 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Galician gramo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | gramo | gram |
| 2 | French | gramme | gram |
| 3 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |