myEtymology.com: English etymology of deanery

Etymology of the English word deanery

the English word deanery

derived from the English word dean

derived from the Old French word deien

derived from the Latin word decanus (dean; chief of ten, one set over ten persons)

derived from the Latin word decem (ten)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dekm₀

using the English suffix -ery

derived from the English suffix -y

derived from the Latin suffix -ia

derived from the Latin suffix -ium

derived from the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)