Where does “decimaal” come from?

decimaal (Dutch) comes from French décimal, from Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decimaal (Dutch): decimal

Definitions

  1. decimal

Ancestry of “decimaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdécimaldecimal
2Medieval Latindecimalis—
3LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decimaal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →