köken: Learned borrowing from Latin decentem, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deke-, from base *dek- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”).
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köken: From the same root as modus m (“measure, manner”), but not directly derived from this noun, which declines in Latin as a masculine o-stem. The form modestus is made up of components derived from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) + *-os (noun-forming suffix) + *-tós (adjective-forming suffix) (Classical Latin -tus); this implies the existence at some point of a neuter s-stem noun (also…
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köken: From kùkti (“to bend, lean down”), suffixed with -lus, from zero-grade stem of Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend”). Cognate with Latvian kukt (“to lean, crouch”), Sanskrit कुचति (kucati, “to bend”), Ancient Greek Καύκᾰσος (Kaúkăsos, “Caucasus”).
Etimoloji
From the past participle of Middle Dutch intien (“to draw back”); see tien.