etymology was: OOM fest

[Andries . Brouwer]

> Btw, 'decade' comes from Latin 'deca'=10 and dies=days

No. It is from the Greek dekas, dekados (group of ten).

> Could it be due to the word 'decadent'

Unrelated. (MLatin: to fall down.)
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