Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*deḱ-
6 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, most common first.
- tailThe caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- decentAppropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- deignTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
- decorousMarked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.
- pandectUsually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).
- -tyA nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.