over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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 day agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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