Where does “deciliter” come from?

deciliter (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian deci-, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

deciliter (Hungarian): decilitre, deciliter

Definitions

  1. decilitre, deciliter

Ancestry of “deciliter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandeci-deci
2LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “deciliter

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem
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