dec- / deca- / deci-
ten
Latin · decem, deka (decem, δέκα)
Latin decem and Greek deka both mean "ten". A decade is ten years, a decimal system counts in tens, a decagon has ten sides and a decathlon has ten events.
Memory trick
DEC sounds like "deck": a deck of ten cards, ten steps to the top.
Words from this root
- decade (dec + ade) — a period of ten yearsदशक
- decimal (dec + imal) — based on tenदशमलव
- decimate (dec + imate) — to destroy a large partबड़े हिस्से का सफ़ाया करना
- decagon (deca + gon) — shape with ten sidesदशभुज
- decalogue (deca + logue) — the Ten Commandmentsदस आदेश
- decennial (dec + enn + ial) — happening every ten yearsहर दस साल का
- decapod (deca + pod) — creature with ten legsदस पैरों वाला जीव
- decahedron (deca + hedron) — solid with ten facesदस फलकों वाला ठोस
- decathlon (deca + thlon) — ten-event athletics contestदस खेलों की प्रतियोगिता
- December (dec + ember) — the tenth month in old Romeदिसंबर
- decasyllabic (deca + syllabic) — having ten syllablesदस अक्षरों वाला