Etymology

-ime

Today it means: Suffix denoting ordinal number. Full definition →

French -ime ← Latin -ima
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  1. Latin · derived from-ima
  2. French · borrowed from-ime
  3. English today-ime

From French -ime, from decime, ultimately from Latin -ima.

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