Where does “desimaltall” come from?
desimaltall (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.
desimaltall (Norwegian Bokmål): a decimal number
Definitions
- a decimal number
Ancestry of “desimaltall”, step by step
desimaltall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål desimal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | desimal | a 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 Norwegian Bokmål tall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tall | number, numeral, figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |