Where does “decimal” come from?
Decimal comes from Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus and the suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ meaning ten.
decimal (English): A number expressed in the base-ten system, a...
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- A number expressed in the base-ten system, a...
Ancestry of “decimal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | decimalis | — |
| 2 | Latin | Decimus | — |
| 3 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 4 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -nos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
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