Where does “decimō” come from?

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

decimō (Latin): to decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)

Definitions

  1. to decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)

Ancestry of “decimō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decimō”

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