Morpheme
Deca
Type
bound base
Denotation
ten, 101
Etymology
French déca-; Late Latin decas and Ancient Greek dekás, from déka
Evidence
decaampere, decagon, decagonal, decagram, decahedra, decahedral, decahedron, decaliter, decalogue, decalogy, decameter, decaose, decaoxide, decaparsec, decaphobia, decaploid, decapod, decasecond, decasyllabic, decasyllable, decavalent, decawatt, duodeca-, duodecagon, duodecahedral, duodecahedron, duodecahydrate, duodecamer, duodecanucleotide, duodecapeptide, duodecaphony, duodecaploid, duodecapolis, duodecastyle, duodecasyllabic, duodecasyllable, hendeca-, hendecagon, hendecagram, hendecahedron, hendecameter, hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable, triskaideca-, triskaidecagon, triskaidecagram, triskaidecahedron, triskaidecaphobe, triskaidecaphobia, triskaidecaphobic, undeca-, undecaacetate, undecaborate, undecagon, undecahedron, undecaheme, undecahydrate, undecahydroxy, undecanucleotide, undecaoxide, undecapeptide, undecapotassium, undecasulfide, undecasyllabic, undecazinc
Notes
International System of Units “Metric Prefix”
triskaideca- “thirteen” literally means “three and ten”
Doublet
Hect
See Also
Dec(e) [Dece, Dec], Decim, Deka, Ten, Hect(a) [Hect, Hecta]