Where does “dizimar” come from?

dizimar (Portuguese) comes from Latin decimō, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dizimar (Portuguese): to decimate, to severely reduce in quantity

Definitions

  1. to decimate, to severely reduce in quantity

Ancestry of “dizimar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecimōto decimate (select every tenth person for punishment)
2LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →