Where does “decimale” come from?

decimale (Italian) comes from Late 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.

decimale (Italian): decimal

Definitions

  1. decimal

Ancestry of “decimale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latindecimalisdecimal
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 “decimale”

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