decano

decano (plural decanos)

1. dean

From Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”, from the one who was the leader of a group of ten).

decano m (plural decani)

1. (religion) dean
2. doyen

• dieci

decile +‎ -ano

decano m (plural decani)

1. (organic chemistry) decane

• decile

• cedano

decānō

1. dative singular of decānus
2. ablative singular of decānus

• decano in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• decano in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deão, which was borrowed from Old French.

decano m (plural decanos)

1. (ecclesiastical) dean (church dignitary)

• (dean): deão

• dez

decano m (plural decanos)

1. (organic chemistry) decane (aliphatic hydrocarbon isomer having the chemical formula C₁₀H₂₂)

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deán (“dean”), which was borrowed from Old French, and of the archaic or rare Spanish degano (“head or administrator of a hacienda in the countryside”), which was inherited.

decano m (plural decanos, feminine decana, feminine plural decanas)

1. senior, eldest person
2. (organic chemistry) decane

• deán
• degano
• diez