[DOC] [TLE] Decimation (Roman army) - Wikipedia [PAR] Decimation (Latin: decimatio; decem = "ten") was a form of military discipline 
used by senior commanders in the Roman Army to punish units or large groups 
guilty of capital offences, such as mutiny or desertion. The word decimation is 
derived from Latin meaning "removal of a tenth". ... by lot, all soldiers in a group 
sentenced to decimation were potentially liable... [DOC] [TLE] Decimate | Definition of Decimate by Merriam-Webster [PAR] It's no surprise that the word for this practice came from Latin decem, ... From this 
root we also get our word decimal and the name of the month of December, ... 
Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for decimate Nglish: Translation of... [DOC] [TLE] Decimate | Define Decimate at Dictionary.com [PAR] Decimate definition, to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population ... 
decimate ... 1590-1600; < Latin decimtus, past participle of decimre to punish 
every tenth man ... decimal, decimate, destroy (see usage note at the current 
entry; see .... People invent new words all the time, but which ones actually make 
it? [DOC] [TLE] Decimal | Define Decimal at Dictionary.com [PAR] 1600-10; < Medieval Latin decimlis of tenths, equivalent to Latin decim (a) tenth 
(derivative of decem ten ) + -lis -al1 ... decimal, decimate, destroy (see usage 
note at decimate; see synonym study at destroy ) ... Examples from the Web for 
decimal ... People invent new words all the time, but which ones actually make it? [DOC] [TLE] Decimation | Define Decimation at Dictionary.com [PAR] Decimation definition, to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population 
was decimated by a plague. ... 1590-1600; < Latin decimtus, past participle of 
decimre to punish every ... decimal, decimate, destroy (see usage note at the 
current entry; see synonym study at destroy ) ... Word Origin and History for deci
mate [DOC] [TLE] Decimate - definition of decimate by The Free Dictionary [PAR] tr.v. decimated, decimating, decimates ... All rights reserved. decimate. (
dsmet). vb (tr). 1. to destroy or kill a large proportion of: a plague 
decimated the population. .... Usage: This word, which comes from Latin, 
originally referred to the .... decimal system of classification  decimalisation  
decimalise  decimalism... [DOC] [TLE] decimate - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary [PAR] To annihilate something is to destroy and remove all traces of it (from Latin nihil ... 
Good Word originates in the same Latin stem as decimal "a tenth" from decem "
ten", ... The month of December is so named because it was the tenth month of 
the ... Come visit our website at <http://www.alphadictionary.com> for more Good
... [DOC] [TLE] Decimate dictionary definition | decimate defined - YourDictionary [PAR] decimate definition: Decimate is defined as to destroy or kill a large part of 
something. ... from Classical Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare ; from 
decem, ten ... decimate. transitive verb. decimated, decimating, decimates. 
To destroy or kill a ... Neither of these actually uses the term to mean "reduce by 
one-tenth". [DOC] [TLE] ten - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point
. (in a whole number) ... -ten- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "hold. [DOC] [TLE] Word for word: Where do gods go when they die (or how our modern ... [PAR] Mar 2, 2015 ... Word for Word is a new monthly column illuminating the origins of words ... name 
seems to have originally come from the Latin word aperire, meaning ... (a 
compound of two Latin words: pan for all and theos for gods). ... (That last one 
gave us several English words, including decimal, decimate and decade.). [DOC] [TLE] Logical Fallacy: The Etymological Fallacy - The Fallacy Files [PAR] "Logos" is Greek for "word

Question: December, decimal & decimate all come from the Latin word for this
Answer: ten