Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action. · Deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune. · Radioactive decay; decomposition of an atom or its nucleus. · Particle decay; decomposition of a sub-atomic particle.
To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. · To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation. · To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete. · To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
From Middle English decaien (“to decrease, diminish”) and decai (“deterioration, decline in value”), from Anglo-Norman decaeir (“to fall away, decay, decline”), from Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, etymologically restored form of Latin dēcidere (“to fall down, to fail, sink or perish”), from de- (“of, from, away, down”) + cadere (“to fall”). Compare decadent and decadence.
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