Agreed that we grew math to be that way. But there is an easy to trace history on the names of the numbers. Reals, Rationals, Imaginary, etc. They were large

Agreed that we grew math to be that way. But there is an easy to trace history on the names of the numbers. Reals, Rationals, Imaginary, etc. They were largely named based on their relation to the language on how to relate them to physical things.