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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
where did hundred/thousand/million come from?
apparently numbers like one/two/tree/etc came from words like 'index/middle/ring' basically the fingers we use to hold up that amount. (and through translations and slang's it changed over time)
but where did the words 'hundred/thousand/million' come from?
but where did the words 'hundred/thousand/million' come from?
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Anonymous apparently numbers like one/two/tree/etc came from words like 'index/middle/ring' What is your source of that? term=ten&allowed_in_frame=0 ). ), from Italian millione (now milione), literally "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from Latin mille, which is of uncertain origin.
- Anonymous apparently numbers like one/two/tree/etc came from words like 'index/middle/ring' What is your source of that?
- term=ten&allowed_in_frame=0 ).
- ), from Italian millione (now milione), literally "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from Latin mille, which is of uncertain origin.
- Used mainly by mathematicians until 16c.
- India, with its love of large numbers, had names before 3c.
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Anonymousapparently numbers like one/two/tree/etc came from words like 'index/middle/ring'What is your source of that?
Hundred
Old English hundred "the number of 100, a counting of 100," from Proto-Germanic *hundratha- (source also of Old Frisian hundred, Old Saxon hunderod, Old Norse hundrað, German hundert); first element is Proto-German
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Thank you so much for the in-depth answer! not to mention that gave me some good key words to help me further do research. Thank you again!
and you know, I forget where I heard that 'number = finger' thing. I thought I knew the source, but looking up that source, I see nothing mentioned about it. So it's most likely some fake fact i picked up from the internet but for some reason got stuc
and you know, I forget where I heard that 'number = finger' thing. I thought I knew the source, but looking up that source, I see nothing mentioned about it. So it's most likely some fake fact i picked up from the internet but for some reason got stuc
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There is a (perhaps fanciful) claim that the first word ever used by mankind was "tik", from which we get "digit" and "index". The original meaning of "tik" is thought to have been either "one" or "finger".
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