Where does “デシリットル” come from?

デシリットル (Japanese) comes from French décilitre, from French déci-, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

デシリットル (Japanese): a unit of volume, (UK) decilitre, (US) deciliter

Definitions

  1. a unit of volume, (UK) decilitre, (US) deciliter

Ancestry of “デシリットル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdécilitredecilitre
2Frenchdéci-deci-
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 →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →