Decree
Middle English (denoting an edict issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.
wiktionary
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
etymonline
decree (n.)
"special ordinance or regulation promulgated by authority," early 14c., originally ecclesiastical, secular use is by late 14c., from Old French decre, variant of decret (12c., Modern French décret), from Latin decretum, neuter of decretus, past participle of decernere "to decree, decide, pronounce a decision," from de (see de-) + cernere "to separate" (from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish").
decree (v.)
"to order or promulgate with authority," late 14c., decreen, from decree (n.). Related: Decreed; decreeing.
