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
- tithe
Ancestry of “dixme”, step by step
dixme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin decima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | decima | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | decimo | I decimate; I pay tithes |
| 3 | Latin | decimus | tenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and... |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |