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sltkr
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A Fast 64-Bit Date Algorithm (30–40% faster by cou...
Weird parenthesization. The latin numbers are septem, octo, novem, decem for 7, 8, 9, 10. And then they all have a -ber suffix.
amenghra
21 days ago
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The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.).
thaumasiotes
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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
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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!
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