Where does “decānus” come from?

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

decānus (Latin): chief of ten people (in various contexts)

Definitions

  1. chief of ten people (in various contexts)

Ancestry of “decānus”, 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 “decānus”

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