English
decision
Decision comes from Latin dēcīsiō ‘settlement, agreement, decision’, from dēcīdō ‘to decide’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-1‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō1‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō1‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcīdō2‘to decide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcīsiō2‘settlement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1689decision2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin decido
- 2 Wiktionary, English decision
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1689, John Locke: “These, and such-like things, are certainly more contrary to…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-Wiktionary, Latin decido‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetiWiktionary, Latin decidoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidōWiktionary, Latin decido‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedōWiktionary, Latin decido‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcīdōWiktionary, English decision‘to decide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcīsiōWiktionary, English decision‘settlement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1689decisionWiktionary, English decision. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1689, John Locke: “These, and such-like things, are certainly more contrary to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
through Latin caedō ‘to cut’
cement, precise, concise, chisel, scissor, circumcision, incision, incisive, caesium, excision, incisor, 27 more
through Latin dēcīdō ‘to decide’
Today it means
noun The act of deciding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / decision