dicker

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdecuria“a ten of something”
2. Late Latin · derived fromdacra“a dicker”
3. Middle English · inherited fromdiker“measure of ten”
4. English todaydicker

From Middle English diker (“measure of ten”), from Late Latin dacra (“a dicker”), from Latin decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).

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