Where does “decimala” come from?
decimala (Ido) comes from Ido decimalo, from Latin decimalis, from French décimal, from Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
decimala (Ido): decimal
Definitions
- decimal
Ancestry of “decimala”, step by step
decimala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido decimalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | decimalo | decimal |
| 2 | Latin | decimalis | decimal |
| 3 | French | décimal | decimal |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | decimalis | — |
| 5 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Ido a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | a | The name of the Latin script letter A/a; Apocopic... |