Etymograph

English

decenary

Decenary comes from Latin decenarius ‘containing 10 items’, from decem ‘ten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥1‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekem1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem2‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecenarius2‘containing 10 items’
  5. Englishtodaydecenary2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin decem
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English decenary

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥Wiktionary, Latin decem‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekemWiktionary, Latin decemreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecemWiktionary, English decenary‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecenariusWiktionary, English decenary‘containing 10 items’
  5. EnglishtodaydecenaryWiktionary, English decenary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, hundred, dick, century, cent, decade, sen, diner, den, hectare, tenfold, denier, dwt, deca, 49 more

through Latin decem ‘ten’

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

Today it means

adj Of or related to the number ten, (particularly) as a base of numeration.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / decenary

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