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Deci- in Latin is the prefix for 10 so decimal refers to a system based on ten and the powers of ten.
From the Latin word decima meaning one tenth
The decimal system utilizes base 10. Decem is the Latin word for 10.
Latin was the language spoken by the Romans so the obvious Latin mathematical symbols would be the Roman numeral system. Many of our mathematical words such as addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, fraction, decimal, percentage, calculate ........ etc. come directly from the Latin language.
13.2% = 13.2 per cent or (per centum in Latin) or per 100. So 13.2/100 = 0.132