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> I always thought eleven and twelve were remnants from when the system was more base twelveish. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=eleven https://www.etymonl
by Someone 2y ago
> I always thought eleven and twelve were remnants from when the system was more base twelveish.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=eleven https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=eleven disagrees. It says eleven means “one left” and twelve “two left”, with an implicit “over ten”. That, to me, doesn’t look like base twelve was leading.