Where does “dime” come from?

dime (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman disme, from Latin decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “dime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normandismeone tenth, tithe; tenth
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

Words derived from “dime

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós