English

dwt

Dwt comes from Latin dēnus ‘ten each’.

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdenarius
Englishtodaydwt

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdenarius
Englishtodaydwt

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, century, cent, hundred, dick, decade, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 50 more

through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’

dean, dozen, 19 more

through Latin dēnus ‘ten each’

through Latin denarius

den, diner, denier, 10 more

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / Latin dēnus / dwt

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