I was solving the puzzles at
http://puzzlingpage.googlepages.com/1.ht...
and i got stuck on 7th page...
somehow sept is related to 7, i want to know what will be 8 in the same way
2007-12-11 05:57:50 · 8 answers · asked by dheeraj r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
In Latin:
8=oct
Think of septuplets (7 babies) and octuplets (8 babies).
'sept' is a shortened form of the Latin 'septua'. And at one time september was the seventh month in the calendar followed by october which was then the eighth month.
In French:
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit
8=huit
2007-12-11 06:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
September used to be the 7th month until the Roman emperors, Julius and Augustus, got their own sunny namesake months. This bumped everything after August up by two (October = 8+2 = 10th month).
sept like septapus (a 7-legged octopus with a theme song! see link at 3:00 and at 5:30 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWv3PhyzCpQ
oct like octagon or octapus
nov like nueve (9 in Spanish, a Latin language)
dec like decagon
2007-12-11 14:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by LornaBug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sept is 7 in French, therefore, 8 would be Huit in French....i completed that puzzle before.
2007-12-11 14:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is because a long time ago September was the 7th month, October the 8th month, November the 9th month, and December the 10th month. Pope Gregory XIII then changed the calendar to the now familiar order. More info can be found at
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560321/Calendar.html
2007-12-11 14:05:54 · answer #4 · answered by Little Sam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sept is french for seven
2007-12-11 14:05:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
huit=8
2007-12-11 14:02:14 · answer #6 · answered by Eppson 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sept is French for seven. huit is French for eight.
2007-12-11 14:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by Joe L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sept=seven
huit=eight
French
2007-12-11 14:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by storm 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋