Etymology Explorer › Proto-Italic

Where does “dekem” come from?

dekem (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

dekem (Proto-Italic): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “dekem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “dekem”

  • decimal
  • dime
  • hexadecimal
  • decimation
  • decibel
  • decimate
  • decimeter
  • deciliter
  • decinormal
  • decimally
  • duodecimal
  • decima
  • Quartodeciman
  • decime
  • decimalization
  • dimed
  • decigram
  • decimator
  • decimalisation
  • sextodecimo
  • decim
  • nondecimal
  • duodecimally
  • decuman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →