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[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago

Seconds is one of the weirdest to me.

"Minute" comes from Latin: pars minuta prima, meaning 'first small part', i.e. first division of the hour – dividing it into sixty, and "second" comes from pars minuta secunda, 'second small part', dividing again into sixty.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, I never thought about seconds having anything to do with the number 2.

[-] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

LOL, I didn't even realize that until I read your comment.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Weird huh? First, second. It's even spelled the same way, but I never connected the two.

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