Comment on quatre-vingts
monsieur_jean@kbin.social 1 year agoIt's base 20.
80 in French is 4 x 20. A long time ago, 60 was "trois-vingt", 3 x 20. We still have a hospital in Paris called "Hopital des Quinze-Vingts", 15 x 20 because it used to have 300 beds.
Blyfh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh, neat! Thanks for clearing this up.