Where does “decusație” come from?

decusație (Romanian) comes from English decussation, from Latin decussationem, from Latin decussare, from Latin decussis, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decusație (Romanian): decussation

Definitions

  1. decussation

Ancestry of “decusație”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecussationA crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to...
2Latindecussationem
3Latindecussarepresent active infinitive of decussō;...
4Latindecussisten; a coin worth ten asses
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós