The story
- Latin · derived fromdecimus“tenth”
- Old French · derived fromdisme“tenth, tithe”
- Middle French · derived fromdixme
- English todaydisme
From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime.
Words from the same roots
Latindecimus all →
decimaldeci-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.