-imal

See also: imal

English

Etymology

Rebracketing of decimal, as if it were from dec- +‎ -imal.

Suffix

-imal

  1. Used to form names of numerical bases (radixes).
    ‎ennea- (“nine”) + ‎triges- (“thirty”) + ‎-imal → ‎enneatrigesimal (“base 39”)
    ‎cento- (“one hundred”) + ‎duo- (“two”) + ‎dec- (“ten”) + ‎-imal → ‎centoduodecimal (“base 112”)

References

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