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The decimal system of counting is well established in the English names for numbers. Both the suffix -teen (as in fourteen) and the suffix -ty (as in forty) are related to the word ten. But what about the anomalous eleven and twelve? Why do we not say oneteen, twoteen along the same pattern as thirteen, fourteen, fifteen? Eleven in Old English is endleofan, and related forms in the various Germanic languages point back to an original Germanic *ainlif, "eleven." *Ainlif is composed of *ain-, "one," the same as our one, and the suffix *-lif from the Germanic root *lib-, "to adhere, remain, remain left over." Thus, eleven is literally "one-left" (over, that is, past ten), and twelve is "two-left" (over past ten).
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∙ 11y agoThe word twelve is a noun, a word for a number; all words for numbers are both a noun and an adjective. Examples:
Noun: Twelve are expected for the meeting.
Adjective: We have twelve people coming to dinner.
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∙ 16y agoIt comes from "twa" (two) and "lif" (leave), and means "two left over after counting to ten."
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∙ 13y agoThe word thirteen is a corruption of "three and ten"
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∙ 13y agoabout the year 1300, Old French 'dozeine' a dozen and from the Latin 'Duodecim' which means two plus ten
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∙ 16y agoA "gross" equals 144 or 12 x 12
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∙ 12y ago- the awnwer is decado
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∙ 13y agodozen
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∙ 12y agododeca
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