Word origin
[1565–75; ‹ F; OF
dezen,
dizain, tenth, tenth part, equiv. to
dix ten (‹ L
decem) +
-ain (prob. ‹ L
-ānum -an, r. L distributive suffix
-ēnum)
]This word is first recorded in the period 1565–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: broadside, conglomerate, idiom, syntax, volley