[pepsi_junkie]

That's why Latin has been used for scientific work for centuries, it's a dead language so it cannot change....................

Decimate is not a latin word, it's an english word with a latin root. It's meaning and usage can evolve and change over time even if the root never will.

[Red Badger]

Yes, we have lots of Anglicized Latin words in our language, and decimate is one of them. But the scientific community uses the old Latin for lots of things just so it cannot change......................