Where does “decanus” come from?

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

decanus (Late Latin): chief of ten people; dean; chief of ten people;...

Definitions

  1. chief of ten people; dean; chief of ten people;...

Ancestry of “decanus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decanus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós