The story
- Latin · derived fromdēcernō“decide, determine”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromdēcrētōrius“decisive”
- English todaydecretory
Borrowed from Late Latin dēcrētōrius (“decisive”), from Latin dēcernō (“decide, determine”).
Words from the same roots
Latindēcernō all →
decern
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.