Etymology

decomino

D2E1C3O1M3I1N1O1

Today it means: A polyomino made up of ten squares. Full definition →

English dec(a)- ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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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. Englishdec(a)-
  8. English todaydecomino

From dec(a)- + -omino.

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