Comment on quatre-vingts
DarthCluck@lemm.ee 1 year agoBeing lazy and not going to look it up. I can’t help it to wonder if it’s also based in Sumerian’s base 60
Comment on quatre-vingts
DarthCluck@lemm.ee 1 year agoBeing lazy and not going to look it up. I can’t help it to wonder if it’s also based in Sumerian’s base 60
monsieur_jean@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's base 20.
80 in French is 4 x 20. A long time ago, 60 was "trois-vingt", 3 x 20. We still have a hospital in Paris called "Hopital des Quinze-Vingts", 15 x 20 because it used to have 300 beds.
Blyfh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh, neat! Thanks for clearing this up.