Where does “decimo” come from?

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

decimo (Italian): tenth; first-person singular present of decimare

Definitions

  1. tenth; first-person singular present of decimare

Ancestry of “decimo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “decimo”

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