deca-

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
2. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
3. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
4. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
5. Late Latindecas
6. Frenchdéca-
7. 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