köken: From Middle High German dechant, techant, from Old High German tehhant, tehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dekan (“deacon”), from Latin decanus (“dean”). Doublet of Dekan, a 15th-century borrowing. In Middle Low German dēken, the full vowel in the second syllable was protected by adaptation to various Latin suffixes. The initial d- was also restored by relatinisation; compare already Old High…
köken: Borrowed from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of decano, a borrowing from Latin, and of the rare or archaic degano, an inherited term.
dean (senior official in a university or college) · dean (church dignitary in churches, primarily Anglican churches; not really used in Finnish churches)
çekim: çoğul dekaanit · tamlayan dekaanin
köken: Borrowed from Swedish dekan, ultimately from Latin decānus.
köken: A Wanderwort, from a Romance language (e.g. French archiprêtre ← Old French archeprestre, Brescian Italian arsepret, Venetian Italian arsiprete) or from German Erzpriester; see more at English archpriest.