Where does “prodekan” come from?
prodekan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dekan, from German Dekan, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
prodekan (Serbo-Croatian): vice-dean, associate/assistant dean
Definitions
- vice-dean, associate/assistant dean
Ancestry of “prodekan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | dekan | dean |
| 2 | German | Dekan | dean; decane Decan n |
| 3 | Latin | decānus | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |