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Where does “nondecimal” come from?

nondecimal (English) comes from English decimal, 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.

nondecimal (English): Not decimal

Definitions

  1. Not decimal

Ancestry of “nondecimal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecimalA number expressed in the base-ten system, a...
2Medieval Latindecimalis—
3LatinDecimus—
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nos—
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →