Etymograph

English

indecimable

Indecimable comes from Latin decimō ‘to tithe’, from decimus ‘tenth’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *dekəmos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəmos‘tenth’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecimus‘tenth’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecimōas decimare‘to tithe’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1628–1644indecimable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəmos‘tenth’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecimus‘tenth’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecimōas decimare‘to tithe’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1628–1644indecimable

Earliest quotation: 1628–1644, Edward Coke: “What things be indecimable by the Law, and ought…”

Formed from in- ‘not’ + decimare ‘to tithe’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Linked words

through Latin decimus ‘tenth’

decimal, 1 more

through Latin decimō ‘to tithe’

decimate, decimation

Today it means

adj Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dekəmos / indecimable

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