## Etymology
From decent plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Decent is from Latin decens (stem decent-), present participle of decēre ('to be fitting'), from PIE *dek- ('to take, be suitable').

## AI Etymology
Decently comes from decent plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Decent is from Latin decens (stem decent-), present participle of decēre ('to be fitting'), from PIE *dek- ('to take, be suitable'). The historical trail runs through Latin decēre and Proto-Indo-European *dek-. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means in a respectable, proper, or reasonably good manner. Related forms include decent, decency, decorous.

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