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The Roman Numeral V (5), repeted two times, origin of the numeral X for "ten" according to Karl Ernst Georges

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English: Image extracted from the Georges-Calonghi - Dizionario della lingua latina - Latino-Italiano, 1896, by Karl Ernst Georges and Ferruccio Calonghi, depicting the w:Roman numeral V (5), repeted two times. According to Georges, this is the origin of the symbol X as the Roman numeral for 10 (V+V, or 5+5). Extracted and cut out from the djvu file of the dictionary, page 2885.
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Author Karl Ernst Georges, Ferruccio Calonghi

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