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Which of these words probably comes from the Latin word decadere, meaning "to fall"?

A.) decay

B.) decal

C.) decade

D.) decagon

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I will say decay also
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User Harlsten
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Decay showed up in the late 1400s through several varieties of French from the Latin decadere, to fall off. the answer is A.
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