Etymology of the English word Decalogue
the English word
Decaloguederived from the Latin word
decalogusderived from the Greek word
decalogusderived from the Greek word
deka, δέκα
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dekm₀derived from the Greek word
dekalogos, δεκάλογος
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Greek prefix
deka-derived from the Greek word
deka, δέκα
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dekm₀Date
The earliest known usage of Decalogue in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
