Where does “decimans” come from?

decimans (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.

decimans (Latin): decimating

Definitions

  1. decimating

Ancestry of “decimans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindecimoI decimate; I pay tithes
2Latindecimustenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and...
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →