Where does “desimaali” come from?

desimaali (Finnish) comes 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.

desimaali (Finnish): A decimal place or informally, a decimal

Definitions

  1. A decimal place or informally, a decimal

Ancestry of “desimaali”, step by step

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

Words derived from “desimaali”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →