See also: děte, dęte, ɗete, and Dete

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *depta, contracted from Latin debita. The early contraction possibly also underlies in Old Occitan deuta, whereas Old Spanish debda was contracted at a later stage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dete oblique singularf (oblique plural detes, nominative singular dete, nominative plural detes)

  1. debt

Descendants

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  • Middle French: debte
  • Italian: detta
  • Middle English: dette, debte

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

Noun

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déte n (Cyrillic spelling де́те, relational adjective dèčjī)

  1. child, kid

Declension

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As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dete does not have a plural – the collective noun deca is used instead.