Where does “小数点” come from?
小数点 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小数, from Japanese 数, from Middle Chinese 數, from Old Chinese 數.
小数点 (Japanese): decimal point, radix point
Definitions
- decimal point, radix point
Ancestry of “小数点”, step by step
小数点 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 小数
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 小数 | decimal fraction, decimal, fraction |
| 2 | Japanese | 数 | number; amount; number; several |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 數 | — |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 數 | — |
via Japanese 点
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 点 | spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 點 | mark, spot; dot, mark |