英语词汇12 twelve的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	12 twelve
词源	12 (twelve). Twelve is first recorded in English at about the time the Danish Vikings began invading England in 789 and it may derive from the Old Frisian twelf. In any case the victori- ous Vikings did transmit their duodecimal system to the En- glish. They counted in twelves instead of tens and our 12 inches to a foot, 12 men to a jury and marketing unit of a dozen all evolved from their system.
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