Where does “desente” come from?

desente (Tagalog) comes from Spanish decente, from Latin decēns, from Latin decet, from Proto-Italic dekēō, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

desente (Tagalog): decent; modest in behavior

Definitions

  1. decent; modest in behavior

Ancestry of “desente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdecentedecent; clean, tidy
2Latindecēnsfitting, appropriate, worthy, decent
3Latindecetit adorns; it is decent, suitable, seemly, or...
4Proto-Italicdekēōfit, be right
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ-
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