Etymograph

English

decemfid

Decemfid comes from Latin decem ‘ten’, from findō ‘to split’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeyd-‘to split’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰinédti‘to be splitting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*findō‘to split, cleave’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfindōas findere‘to split’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecemfidus
  7. Englishtodaydecemfid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeyd-‘to split’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰinédti‘to be splitting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*findō‘to split, cleave’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfindōas findere‘to split’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecemfidus
  7. Englishtodaydecemfid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to split’

bet, boat, bite, bitter, bait, fiber, fibre, abet, fissile, 24 more

through Latin findō ‘to split’

fission, feta, fissure, fettuccine, 12 more

through Latin decem ‘ten’

dozen, dean, decimal, doyen, dicker, deni, 19 more

Today it means

adj Cleft into ten parts

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- / decemfid

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