decorum

dih-KOR-uhm · noun

Origin

Decorum is a learned borrowing from Latin decōrum, the neuter form of the adjective decōrus, meaning "proper" or "decent."

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English simply took the Latin word directly, keeping its sense of fitting, proper behavior.

It shares its root with decōrus, the Latin word for "proper" or "decent," from which decorum's own sense of propriety comes.

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