Where does “decennio” come from?

decennio (Italian) comes from Latin decennium, from Latin decennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

decennio (Italian): decade

Definitions

decade

Ancestry of “decennio”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	decennium	decennium; decade
2	Latin	decennis	decennial, of ten years
3	Latin	annus	year; time; season
4	Proto-Italic	atnos	year
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂et-no-	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂et-	grass

Words derived from “decennio”

decenni

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- →