Etymograph

English

decuple

Decuple comes from Late Latin decuplus ‘tenfold’, from Latin decem ‘ten’, and ultimately from 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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdecuplus‘tenfold’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600décuple
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500decuple
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1842same 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. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdecuplus‘tenfold’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600décuple
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500decuple
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1842same form

Earliest quotation: 1842, Jacob Reese Eckfeldt with William Ewing , A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations: “The gold coin of the law of 1818 is…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

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

through Latin decem ‘ten’

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

Today it means

adj Tenfold.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / decuple

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