Meanings
adjectivepre-decimalisation (not comparable)
- UKnonstandardnot comparableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of predecimalization.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishdecimalisation
- Englishpre-decimalisation
From pre- + decimalisation.
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APA
pre-decimalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-decimalisation
MLA
“pre-decimalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-decimalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-decimalisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-decimalisation.
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