Where does “dekano” come from?

dekano (Tagalog) comes from Spanish decano, from Late Latin decanus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dekano (Tagalog): dean

Definitions

  1. dean

Ancestry of “dekano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdecanosenior, eldest person; decane
2Late Latindecanuschief of ten people; dean; chief of ten people;...
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós