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decade
mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in ref. to the books of Livy), from M.Fr.
decade
, from L.L.
decadem
(nom.
decas
), from Gk.
dekas
(acc.
dekada
) "group of ten." Meaning "ten years" is 1590s in English.