Etymology

decan

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Today it means: One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees. Full definition →

Late Latin decānus
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decan · noun1

  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromdecānus
  2. English todaydecan

From Late Latin decānus.

decan · verb2

From de- + can.

Words from the same roots

Late Latindecānus all →

doyen

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