top | item 46066743 (no title) amenghra | 3 months ago The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.). discuss order hn newest thaumasiotes|3 months ago The prefix in "decimal" is "decim", like you'd expect given that the root is "decem". There is no "dec-" prefix.(You do see "deca" used as a prefix, "a" included, but that doesn't come from Latin.) amenghra|3 months ago You are right. I should have written: (septem)ber was the 7th month of the year, (octo)ber was the 8th, (novem)ber the ninth, and (decem)ber the tenth!
thaumasiotes|3 months ago The prefix in "decimal" is "decim", like you'd expect given that the root is "decem". There is no "dec-" prefix.(You do see "deca" used as a prefix, "a" included, but that doesn't come from Latin.) amenghra|3 months ago You are right. I should have written: (septem)ber was the 7th month of the year, (octo)ber was the 8th, (novem)ber the ninth, and (decem)ber the tenth!
amenghra|3 months ago You are right. I should have written: (septem)ber was the 7th month of the year, (octo)ber was the 8th, (novem)ber the ninth, and (decem)ber the tenth!
thaumasiotes|3 months ago
(You do see "deca" used as a prefix, "a" included, but that doesn't come from Latin.)
amenghra|3 months ago