*SET-U

THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

FAMILY ATLAS ↗

THE GENEALOGY, NOT THE GLOSSARY

NODE → EDGE → FAMILY → HUMAN LANGUAGE

THE WHOLE GRAPH.
NO INVENTED BRIDGES.

Every reviewed historical form and relationship in one navigable system. Where evidence connects families, the graph connects them. Where it does not, the space between them remains visible.

1061CANONICAL NODES

Attested forms, reconstructions, and explicit limits.

1025REVIEWED EDGES

Every relationship carries two change claims and evidence.

54EVIDENCE FAMILIES

Disconnected components stay disconnected.

133* RECONSTRUCTIONS

Inferred forms remain visibly different from records.

1669EDGE CITATIONS

515 distinct sources attached to relationships.

11DEEPEST GRAPH PATH

Topological steps, not a fabricated universal timescale.

01

THE WHOLE REVIEWED GRAPH

25 CONNECTED FAMILIES.
29 HONEST ISLANDS.

02 / SELECTED EVIDENCE COMPONENT

*dekm̥

December · decimal · decimate · dime · ten

ATTESTED* RECONSTRUCTEDBOUNDARYMODERN DOSSIERLATER FORM → EARLIER FORM
24MATCHING NODES
24MATCHING EDGES

The complete component remains visible. Filters emphasize matching evidence; they never amputate surrounding history.

LAYER 00LATERLAYER 01ROOTWARDLAYER 02ROOTWARDLAYER 03ROOTWARDLAYER 04ROOTWARDLAYER 05ROOTWARDLAYER 06ROOTWARDLAYER 07HORIZONATTESTEDPresent-Day EnglishDecember

the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar

December
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishdecimal

based on ten or tenths; a base-ten number

decimal
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishdecimate

kill every tenth member historically; later destroy or reduce drastically

decimate
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishdime

a United States or Canadian coin worth ten cents

dime
ATTESTEDPresent-Day Englishten

the cardinal number one greater than nine

ten
ATTESTEDMiddle EnglishDecembre

the last month of the year

December
ATTESTEDFrenchdécimal

of tenths; decimal

decimal
ATTESTEDLatindecimāre

take a tenth; select every tenth person, including for punishment

decimate
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishdime

a tenth part; tithe

dime
ATTESTEDMiddle Englishten

ten

ten
ATTESTEDLatinDecember

the tenth month

December
ATTESTEDMedieval Latindecimālis

of a tenth part; of a tithe

decimal
ATTESTEDAnglo-Frenchdisme / dime

a tenth part; tithe

dime
ATTESTEDOld Englishtīen / tēn

ten

ten
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Germanic*tehun

ten

ten
ATTESTEDLatindecima

a tenth part; tithe

decimal · dime
ATTESTEDLatindecimus

tenth

decimate · dime
ATTESTEDLatindecem

ten

decimate · decimal · December +1
* RECONSTRUCTEDProto-Indo-European*dekm̥

ten

decimate · decimal · December +2
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper numeral ancestor asserted

decimate
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper numeral ancestor asserted

decimal
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper numeral ancestor asserted

December
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper numeral ancestor is promoted here.

ten
KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARYBeyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN

No deeper numeral ancestor is promoted here.

dime
EDGECHILD → PARENTRELATION / SCHOLARCONFIDENCEEVIDENCE
0169decimate → decimāre

borrowingMerriam-Webster Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0170decimāre → decimus

derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0171decimus → decem

ordinal derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0172decem → *dekm̥

inheritedAmerican Heritage Indo-European Roots

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0173*dekm̥ → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0174decimal → décimal

borrowingMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0175décimal → decimālis

borrowingMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0176decimālis → decima

derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0177decima → decem

derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0179*dekm̥ → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0180December → Decembre

orthographic continuationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0181Decembre → December

borrowing via competing routesMerriam-Webster Editors

probable1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0182December → decem

compound derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0184*dekm̥ → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0234ten → ten

historical continuationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0235ten → tīen / tēn

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0236tīen / tēn → *tehun

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors

probable1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0237*tehun → *dekm̥

inheritanceMerriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors

probable2 citations / 2 sources ↗
0238*dekm̥ → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0239dime → dime

semantic specializationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0240dime → disme / dime

borrowingMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0241disme / dime → decima

romance developmentMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0242decima → decimus

inflectional derivationMerriam-Webster Editors

established1 citations / 1 sources ↗
0245*dekm̥ → UNKNOWN

knowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary

boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗
03

HOW TO READ THE MAP

CONNECTION IS A CLAIM.

01COMPONENTS

A family exists only when reviewed canonical edges connect its nodes. Empty space means the evidence is still disconnected.

02LAYERS

Left-to-right depth is topological descent through claims, not a universal calendar or an assertion of equal duration.

03NODES

Language, form, status, gloss, dossier reuse, and a permanent node record travel together.

04EDGES

Every line resolves to a relationship record with sound change, semantic change, scholar, confidence, and citations.

05ASTERISKS

Every reconstructed form keeps its asterisk. Attested and inferred evidence never share one visual state.

06HORIZONS

Boundary nodes are not ancestors. They say exactly where this reviewed path currently stops.