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0 pointssltkr4mo ago0 comments

Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix.

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amenghra3mo ago

The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.).

thaumasiotes3mo ago

The prefix in "decimal" is "decim", like you'd expect given that the root is "decem". There is no "dec-" prefix.

(You do see "deca" used as a prefix, "a" included, but that doesn't come from Latin.)

amenghra3mo ago

You are right. I should have written: (septem)ber was the 7th month of the year, (octo)ber was the 8th, (novem)ber the ninth, and (decem)ber the tenth!

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0 pointssltkr4mo ago0 comments

Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix.

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amenghra3mo ago

The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.).

thaumasiotes3mo ago

The prefix in "decimal" is "decim", like you'd expect given that the root is "decem". There is no "dec-" prefix.

(You do see "deca" used as a prefix, "a" included, but that doesn't come from Latin.)

amenghra3mo ago

You are right. I should have written: (septem)ber was the 7th month of the year, (octo)ber was the 8th, (novem)ber the ninth, and (decem)ber the tenth!

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