desmit

Pronunciation: [ˈdɛsmit]

“desmit” is a Latvian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

numeral

ten (the cipher, the cardinal number ten)
ten (an amount equal to ten)
ten o'clock (a moment in time; ten hours after midnight, or after noon)

Etymology

From the noun desmits (“group of ten”), from *desimtis by metathesis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt with a suffix -(t)i-s marking collective number (“group of ten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”). Cognates include Latgalian desmit and Lithuanian dešimt.

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