Why does French have that eccentric number system for seventy, eighty and ninety? The Belgians, Cana

Why does French have that eccentric number system for seventy, eighty and ninety? The Belgians, Canadians and the French-speaking Swiss all have reasonable words for these numbers (septante, huitante or octante and nonante), which any French person will grudgingly understand.


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Why does French have that eccentric number system for seventy, eighty and ninety? The Belgians, Canadians and the French-speaking Swiss all have reasonable words for these numbers (septante, huitante or octante and nonante), which any French person will grudgingly understand.

Paul Reilly, Tylers Green

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