Etymology of the English word decasyllable
the English word
decasyllablederived from the English word
syllablederived from the Old French word
syllablederived from the Latin word
syllaba (syllable; letter, epistle)
derived from the Greek word
sullabe, συλλαβή
derived from the Anglo-Norman word
sillablederived from the Old French word
sillabederived from the Latin word
syllaba (syllable; letter, epistle)
derived from the Greek word
sullabe, συλλαβή
using the English prefix
deca-derived from the Greek word
deka, δέκα
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dekm₀Usage
Word found in Modern English
