Where does “decimare” come from?
decimare (Romanian) comes from Romanian decima, from French décimer, 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.
decimare (Romanian): decimation
Definitions
- decimation
Ancestry of “decimare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | decima | to decimate |
| 2 | French | décimer | to decimate |
| 3 | Latin | decimō | to decimate (select every tenth person for punishment) |
| 4 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 5 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 6 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |