What are some words for the root word decem?

Answer 1

Decem is Latin for ten, and December used to be the tenth calendar month.

And with a slight respelling, decimal means a base-ten measuring system.

Answer 2

Decimal! you know, that nasty thing in math class!! it means "built on ten" and there's decimate. it means "destroy" or, better yet "destroy so it's unfixable" it could mean "destroy in ten pieces", too, if you want to get real root-wordish. (Decimate actually means to reduce by ten percent. It was a punishment for units in the Roman army--every tenth soldier was put to death.)

-bringingmidnight

"open a book, open your mind,open a world"

Answer 3

Decorous

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Decorous

Answer 4

Decimal Decalogue decagon decade decimate

Decathlon decapod decathlon

Answer 5

Deflate, decapitate, deoxygenated, depth, etc......

Answer 6

decimal, decathlon, decade, decagon, Decalogue, decapod, decimate, decimetre, century, centimetre, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centigrade, centipede, centurion.

Answer 7

it means 10