over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoTwelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
Twelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
Interesting. This sorta makes sense actually.
Curious though, do you have a reference link?
https://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve
https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven