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Dechant.

dean (kind of church official)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈçant//ˈdeːçant/dated/ˈdɛçant/
  1. dean (kind of church official)

    masculine · weak
Where this word comes from

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 German degan (possibly from spoken Romance).

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