Comment by amenghra 2 days ago And (oct)ober was the 8th month of the year, (nov)ember the ninth, (dec)ember the tenth! 5 comments amenghra Reply sltkr 2 days ago Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix. amenghra 2 days ago The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.). thaumasiotes 2 days 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.) 1 reply → Izikiel43 2 days ago Don't forget (sep)tember being the 7th month
sltkr 2 days ago Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix. amenghra 2 days ago The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.). thaumasiotes 2 days 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.) 1 reply →
amenghra 2 days ago The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.). thaumasiotes 2 days 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.) 1 reply →
thaumasiotes 2 days 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.) 1 reply →
Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix.
The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.).
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.)
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Don't forget (sep)tember being the 7th month