decade的词源

英文词源

decade

decade: see decimal

decade (n.)

mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in reference to the books of Livy), from Middle French décade (14c.), from Late Latin decadem (nominative decas), from Greek dekas (genitive dekados) "group of ten," from deka "ten" (see ten). Meaning "period of ten years" is 1590s in English.

中文词源

decade：十年

来自PIE*dekm, 十，词源同ten,dean.

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decade：十年；十年期；十

来源于希腊语deka (数字十)

同源词：December, decimal, decimate, dime, deci-, dean, deca-, ten