The story
- Latin · derived fromdecēna“a group of ten; a tithing”
- Latin · derived fromdecēnārius
- Old French · derived fromdecenier
- Norman · derived fromdecener
- English todaydecener
From Norman decener, from Old French decenier and Latin decēnārius, from Latin decēna (“a group of ten; a tithing”). Doublet of decenary.
Words from the same roots
Latindecēnārius all →
decenary
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.