The story
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Hellenic*dékə
- Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
- Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
- Late Latindecas
- Frenchdéca-
- English todaydeca-
Borrowed from French déca-, from Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδεκάς all →
decadedecadekad
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.