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| - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Decent]] décent, or its source, [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Decent]] decēns, 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’”) (compare Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokein), “‘to appear, seem, think’”), δέχεσθαι (dekhesthai), “‘to accept’”); Sanskrit dacasyati (“‘shows honor, is gracious’”), dacati (“‘makes offerings, bestows’”)). Meaning kind, pleasant is from 1902.
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| - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Decent]] décent, or its source, [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Decent]] decēns, 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’”) (compare Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokein), “‘to appear, seem, think’”), δέχεσθαι (dekhesthai), “‘to accept’”); Sanskrit dacasyati (“‘shows honor, is gracious’”), dacati (“‘makes offerings, bestows’”)). Meaning kind, pleasant is from 1902.
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