English
decanate
Of decan + -ate.
Formed from decan + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
Latin decem ‘ten’
Late Latin decānus ‘chief of ten people’
English decan
The story
Attested from the 17th century.
Another origin of decanate
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəm‘ten’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecānus‘dean’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500decānātus‘deanery, decanate’
- Englishtodaydecanate
Today it means
noun Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / decanate