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Where does “decima” come from?

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

decima (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “decima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindecimoI decimate; I pay tithes
2Latindecimustenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and...
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nos—
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decima”

  • decima
  • Quartodeciman
  • decime
  • decim
  • Quartodecimanism
  • Quartadecimani
  • décima
  • decime
  • decima
  • dîme
  • dixme
  • dgiême
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