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Where does “deanato” come from?

deanato (Spanish) comes from Spanish deán, from Old French deien, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

deanato (Spanish): deanship; the position of a dean

Definitions

  1. deanship; the position of a dean

Ancestry of “deanato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdeándean; head of a group of ten
2Old Frenchdeien—
3Latindecānus—
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →