English
decury
Decury comes from Latin decuria ‘a group of ten men (or soldiers)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekemreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecuria‘a group of ten men (or soldiers)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1760decury
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekemreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecuria‘a group of ten men (or soldiers)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1760decury
Earliest quotation: 1760, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: “If one, two, or more of a decury proceed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, cent, hundred, dick, sen, decade, den, diner, hectare, tenfold, denier, dwt, deca, 50 more
through Latin decem ‘ten’
dozen, dean, decimal, doyen, deni, 19 more
through Latin decuria ‘a group of ten men (or soldiers)’
Today it means
noun A group of ten men under the command of a decurion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / decury