Where does “dekalogo” come from?
dekalogo (Tagalog) comes from Italian decalogo, from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
dekalogo (Tagalog): Decalogue; Ten Commandments
Definitions
- Decalogue; Ten Commandments
Ancestry of “dekalogo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | decalogo | Decalogue |
| 2 | Latin | decalogus | Decalogue |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δεκάλογος | Decalogue, the Ten Commandments |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |