Where does “di” come from?

di (Louisiana Creole) comes from French dix, from Old French dis, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

di (Louisiana Creole): to say, to tell

Definitions

to say, to tell

Ancestry of “di”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	dix	ten
2	Old French	dis	ten; inflection of dire: ## first/second-person...
3	Latin	decem	ten; 10
4	Latin	-nus	-an
5	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

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