-imal

Used to form names of numerical bases (radixes).

Suffix

  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”)

Origin

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