Where does “decurione” come from?

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

decurione (Italian): decurion

Definitions

  1. decurion

Ancestry of “decurione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecuriōto divide into decuriae
2Latindecuriaa group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →