Translation
to be fitting, to be becoming
Word origin
From Latin decere, to be fitting or seemly, the root behind English decent and decorum. It is unrelated to the prefix deci- in decimetro, which comes from Latin decem, ten.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- decere
- English cognates
- decent, decorum, decorate
Examples
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It is not proper to speak to your mother like that.
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Such an answer does not befit a young person.
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It is fitting to say thank you after a gift.
is about propriety rather than practicality, which is what separates it from konveni: a shoe if it fits, but a remark if it is seemly. It is used impersonally more often than not, so on its own means one simply does not do that. The adjective deca is proper or decorous, and a is the word for behaviour that is not.
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