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amenghrayesterday at 7:39 AM1 replyview on HN

The three letter prefixes show up in English (eg oct in octal, dec in decimal, etc.).


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thaumasiotesyesterday at 9:53 AM

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.)

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