Where does “decurio” come from?

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

decurio (Latin): to divide into decuriae

Definitions

  1. to divide into decuriae

Ancestry of “decurio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecuriaa group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decurio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →