>I'm fascinated by its long history of shifting meanings, beginning with
what I >think was its original usage on early (English?) maps to mark a
village (8
>fields around a town square)
this is fascinating, Candice - I'd no idea this was its derivation. Do
you have a source for this? And when was it first used in the sense of
'number'?
Dave
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