vigesimal
Occurring in intervals of twentyOccurring in intervals of twenty.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Occurring in intervals of twenty.
relating to or based on the number twenty
(not comparable)To the base twenty.
vigesimal
двадцатичная систе́маdvadcatičnaja sistéma
Translations
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Origin
From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vFrom Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).
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