French décimal is adapted into English as decimal.
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decimal
based on ten or tenths; a base-ten number
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedFrench · Early Modern French · of tenthsdécimal
of tenths; decimal
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The “of tenths/base ten” meaning remains transparent.
English adjective reported from 1608; noun from 1623.
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