decet
Latin
verb
Definitions
- it adorns
- it is decent, suitable, seemly, or proper
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *dekēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (take, perceive, be suitable, fray, accept, greet, tear, receive, shred), *deḱ- (take, perceive, be suitable, fray, accept, greet, tear, receive, shred).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deḱ-
Gloss
take, perceive, be suitable, fray, accept, greet, tear, receive, shred
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decor English
- indecorous English
- addecet Latin
- condecet Latin
- decente(m), decentem Latin
- decibilior Latin
- decibilis Latin
- decibilissimus Latin
- decor Latin
- decorus Latin
- decēns Latin
- decōrum Latin
- decōrus Latin
- dedecet Latin
- dignitātem Latin
- dīgnō, digno, dīgnārī Latin
- indignitātem Latin
- indignus Latin
- indignātiōnem Latin
- pandectae Latin
- δέχομαι Ancient Greek
- πανδέκται Ancient Greek
- πανδέκτης Ancient Greek
- *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *didḱsḱéti, *di-dḱ-sḱe/o- Proto-Indo-European
- *doḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *déḱos Proto-Indo-European
- *dḱ-nos Proto-Indo-European
- *dḱ-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *taglą Proto-Germanic
- *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic
- *dekēō Proto-Italic
- *dokeō Proto-Italic
- 𐌕𐌉𐌜𐌉𐌕 Umbrian