Etymograph

English

decener

Decener comes from Latin decēnus ‘a group of ten’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekemreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecēnusas decēna‘a group of ten’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400decenier
  6. Normanc. 1066–presentdecener
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekemreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecēnusas decēna‘a group of ten’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400decenier
  6. Normanc. 1066–presentdecener
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

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

through Latin decem ‘ten’

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

Today it means

noun A soldier commanding ten men.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / decener

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