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Where does “desimalkomma” come from?

desimalkomma (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål desimal, 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.

desimalkomma (Norwegian Bokmål): a decimal point

Definitions

  1. a decimal point

Ancestry of “desimalkomma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldesimala decimal
2Latindecimalisdecimal
3Frenchdécimaldecimal
4Medieval Latindecimalis—
5LatinDecimus—
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nos—
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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