vigesimal

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Occurring in intervals of twenty.
2. (not-comparable) To the base twenty.

Noun

A twentieth part.

Synonyms

vicenary

Translations

vicésimal

vigésimal

vigesimal

εικοστός

vicennal

vigesimale

vigesimal

vigesimal

vigesimal

yirminci

20th

Vigesimalsystem

Vigesimal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: vīgintī

In summary

From Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”) (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”).