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[-] callyral@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago

some (very few, i think it's only the "teens") english numbers are like that, like seventeen (7+10) for example

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Kind of. Those are distinct names rather than seven+ten. It took a long time until I even made that connection that teen probably came from ten.

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