Where does “decuria” come from?

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

decuria (Latin): a group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...

Definitions

  1. a group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...

Ancestry of “decuria”, 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 “decuria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →