Etymology of the French word décret
the French word
décretderived from the Latin word
decretum (decree, ordinance; legal decision; dogma, principle, doctrine)
derived from the Latin word
decernere (decide, settle, determine)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
cernere (sift, separate, distinguish)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*krei-using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
Date
The earliest known usage of décret in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
décréter,
décret-loiDerivations in other languages
Romanian
decretCognates
Dutch
decreet, English
decree, German
Dekret, Italian
decreto, Latin
decretum, Lithuanian
dekretas, Norwegian
dekret, Polish
dekret, Russian
дeкpeт, Spanish
decreto, Swedish
dekret
