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

  1. a decimal number

Ancestry of “desimaltall”, step by step

desimaltall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål desimal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldesimala decimal
2Latindecimalisdecimal
3Frenchdécimaldecimal
4Medieval Latindecimalis
5LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Norwegian Bokmål tall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltallnumber, numeral, figure
2Old Norsetala talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a...
3Proto-Germanictaląspeech; number
4Proto-Indo-Europeandol-reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud
5Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem