Etymology

undecet

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Today it means: A group of eleven musicians; a piece of music written for such a group Full definition →

Latin undecim
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromundecim“eleven”
  2. English todayundecet

From decet on the model of Latin undecim (“eleven”).

Words from the same roots

Latinundecim all →

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