NineMileTower@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat do you secretly judge people for?message-squaremessage-square324fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you secretly judge people for?NineMileTower@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square324fedilink
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoexactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s right there in the word. deci 1/10 mate from matus to remove. It’s like expecting half price to mean 1/3 price. We use deci all the time to mean 1/10 Decileter, decimal, etc.
exactly. plus it makes sense, there’s no reason why decimate can’t mean reduce to one tenth.
It’s right there in the word. deci 1/10 mate from matus to remove. It’s like expecting half price to mean 1/3 price. We use deci all the time to mean 1/10 Decileter, decimal, etc.