Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems fromconlangs)

David Barrow scripsit:

> Wrong.  The original word was  "harvest"
Interesting.  The tactful way to say "Wrong" is "That turns out not to
be the case".  You might want to keep this phrase on file for future use.

> fall (v.) - O.E. feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, pp.
> feallen), from P.Gmc. *fallanan (cf. O.N. falla, O.H.G. fallan), from
> PIE base *phol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lith. puola "to
> fall," O.Prus. aupallai "finds," lit. "falls upon"). Noun sense of
> "autumn" (now only in U.S.) is 1664, short for fall of the leaf (1545).
Definitely in use in Canada, too.

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