Etymograph

English

decanate

Of decan + -ate.

The story

Attested from the 17th century.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Another origin of decanate

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəm‘ten’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecem‘ten’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecānus‘dean’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500decānātus‘deanery, decanate’
  6. Englishtodaydecanate

Today it means

noun Face, one of three parts into which each zodiac sign is divided; a decan.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “decanate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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