Hello, this is Ito from the Department of Global Communication.
I love etymology;AlwaysI'm having fun researching all sorts of things and thinking "I see!", but this time I'd like to introduce words that are especially related to "10".
10 is "ten" in English, but this was originally "DeIt was pronounced like "n".It later became the sound "ten", and from this, things related to 10 are:Dehmm/Deshi/DeIt sounds like a mosquito.
DeAs you probably know, deciliter is one liter of water.10That's 1/XNUMX of that.
Daim (dime)10cent coin.
DiDecade is10It means year, and it is the year that everyone learns in history.DeThe novel "The Decameron" is "10"Nichi Monogatari".
The dean of the university isDiIt is called Dean, which used to be a monastery.10From the monastic leader of men (Decanus).
By the way, 13 stands for thirty.teen), but thatteenAlso, originallythis not it.If you look closely, the spellings are almost the same.The sound has changed.That is, three (3) and ten (10).
Since the sounds change, it may be a little difficult to imagine, but if you trace the etymology, your vocabulary learning will become easier and more fun.
