Etymology

tesseradecade

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Today it means: A group of fourteen. Full definition →

English deca- ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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The story

  1. Englishtessera-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  4. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  5. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  6. Late Latindecas
  7. Frenchdéca-
  8. Englishdeca-
  9. English todaytesseradecade

From tessera- + deca- + -ade.

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