Where does “decem” come from?

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

decem (Latin): ten; 10

Definitions

  1. ten; 10

Ancestry of “decem”, step by step

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

Words derived from “decem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →