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Where does “dixme” come from?

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

dixme (Old French): tithe

Definitions

  1. tithe

Ancestry of “dixme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecimasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2LatindecimoI decimate; I pay tithes
3Latindecimustenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and...
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “dixme”

  • dîme
  • dgiême
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →