Where does “दशमलव” come from?

दशमलव (Hindi) comes from Hindi दशम, from Sanskrit दशम, from Indo-Iranian *daćamás.

दशमलव (Hindi): decimal point

Definitions

  1. decimal point

Ancestry of “दशमलव”, step by step

दशमलव traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi दशम

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiदशमtenth
2Sanskritदशमtenth
3Indo-Iranian*daćamás—

via Sanskrit लव

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritलव{{w|Lava }}
Every word from Indo-Iranian *daćamás →Every word from Sanskrit दशम →Every word from Hindi दशम →