Where does “dis” come from?

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

dis (Old French): ten; inflection of dire: ## first/second-person...

Definitions

  1. ten; inflection of dire: ## first/second-person...

Ancestry of “dis”, step by step

dis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin decem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemten; 10
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Old French dire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdireto say; to recount
2Latindīcere—
3Proto-Italicdeikōshow, indicate; refer to; say, tell
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “dis”

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