Where does “decimalpunkt” come from?
decimalpunkt (Swedish) comes from Swedish punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
decimalpunkt (Swedish): decimal point
Definitions
- decimal point
Ancestry of “decimalpunkt”, step by step
decimalpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | punkt | a period, a full stop; an item; a point; size of... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Swedish decimal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | decimal | decimal; a decimal place |