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Huh, tuzin is interestingly close to dozen.
by gmac 3y ago
Huh, tuzin is interestingly close to dozen.
- senkora 3y agoBoth appear to be derived from the same source: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dutzend https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dutzend https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuzin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuzin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dozen https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dozen The most recent common ancestor is Old French “dozaine”, and ultimately it derives from Latin “duodecim”.