'That word' (below-hyperlinked to the Wikipedia for 'Numeral Systems') is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The Hindu-Arabic (or maybe Indo-Arabic) numbers in the Western Arabic numeral system are
| Zero (0) | One (1) | Two (2) | Three (3) | Four (4) | Five (5) | Six (6) | Seven (7) | Eight (8) | Nine (9) |
| Ten (10) | Eleven (11) | Twelve (12) | Thir|teen (13) | Four|teen (14) | Fif|~ (15) | Six|~ (16) | Seven|~ (17) | "|~ (18) | "|~ (19) |
| Twen|ty (20) | ~-One (21) | ~-Two (22) | ~-Three (23) | ~-" (24) | ~-Five (25) | ~-" (26) | ~-" (27) | ~-" (28) | ~-" (29) |
| Thir|ty (30) | ~-" (31) | ~-" (32) | ~-" (33) | ~-" (34) | ~-" (35) | ~-" (36) | ~-" (37) | ~-" (38) | ~-" (39) |
| For|" (40) | ~-" (41) | ~-" (42) | ~-" (43) | ~-" (44) | ~-" (45) | ~-" (46) | ~-" (47) | ~-" (48) | ~-" (49) |
| Fif|" (50) | ~-" (51) | ~-" (52) | ~-" (53) | ~-" (54) | ~-" (55) | ~-" (56) | ~-" (57) | ~-" (58) | ~-" (59) |
| Six|" (60) | ~-" (61) | ~-" (62) | ~-" (63) | ~-" (64) | ~-" (65) | ~-" (66) | ~-" (67) | ~-" (68) | ~-" (69) |
| Seven|" (70) | ~-" (71) | ~-" (72) | ~-" (73) | ~-" (74) | ~-" (75) | ~-" (76) | ~-" (77) | ~-" (78) | ~-" (79) |
| Eigh|" (80) | ~-" (81) | ~-" (82) | ~-" (83) | ~-" (84) | ~-" (85) | ~-" (86) | ~-" (87) | ~-" (88) | ~-" (89) |
| Nine|" (90) | ~-" (91) | ~-" (92) | ~-" (93) | ~-" (94) | ~-" (95) | ~-" (96) | ~-" (97) | ~-" (98) | ~-" (99) |
| One Hundred (100) | ~ ~ & " (101) | ~ ~ & " (102) | ~ ~ & " (103) | ~ ~ & " (104) | ~ ~ & " (105) | ~ ~ & " (106) | ~ ~ & " (107) | ~ ~ & " (108) | ~ ~ & " (109) |
| " " & Ten (110) | ~ ~ & Eleven (111) | ~ ~ & Twelve (112) | ~ ~ & Thir|teen (113) | ~ ~ & "|~ (114) | ~ ~ & Fif|~ (115) | ~ ~ & "|~ (116) | ~ ~ & "|~ (117) | ~ ~ & "|~ (118) | ~ ~ & "|~ (119) |
| " " & Twen|ty | ~ ~ & ~-One (121) | ~ ~ & ~-Two (122) | ~ ~ & ~-Three (123) | ~ ~ & ~-" (124) | ~ ~ & ~-Five (125) | ~ ~ & ~-" (126) | ~ ~ & ~-" (127) | ~ ~ & ~-" (128) | ~ ~ & ~-" (129) |
| ... and so on from 130 thru 139, 140-etc, thru Two-Hundred, Three-Hundred-etc., up to | Nine Hundred & Ninety-Nine (999) | ||||||||
| One Thousand (1,000) | ... and so on, thru One-Thousand-&-One, One-Thousand-One-Hundred, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred, Two-Thousand (the number of Pounds in a Ton), Three-Thousand (the amount of Tony "Iron Man" Stark's love for his daughter (and then -for all of us, I'm sure), Ten-Thousand, One-Hundred-Thousand, up to ... | Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Thousand, Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine (999,999) | |||||||
| One Million (1,000,000) | ... and so on, thru One-Million-&-One, thru Two-Million, Ten Million, One-Hundred-Million, up to | Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Million, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Thousand, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine (999,999,999) | |||||||
| One Billion (1,000,000,000) | ... and so on, thru One-Billion-&-One, thru Two-Billion, Ten Billion, One-Hundred-Billion, up to ... | Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Billion, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Million, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Thousand, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine (999,999,999,999) | |||||||
| One Trillion (1,000,000,000,000) | ... and so on, thru One-Trillion-&-One, thru Two-Trillion, Ten-Trillion, (thru the current amount of America's National Debt), One-Hundred-Trillion, up to ... | Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Trillion, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Billion, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Million, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine-Thousand, Nine-Hundred-&-Ninety-Nine (999,999,999,999,999) | |||||||
| ... and so on ... and so on (with bigger & bigger numbers, adding another word for each additional 'grouping of 3 digits' ... ... I hope 'my repeat-signals' above weren't too hard to figure out ([~] for "as before on this line," ["] for "as above in this column")—it may be a little bit of 'a cipher-puzzle,' or maybe it's a better picture of "what people are thinking when they use large(-ish) numbers." | |||||||||
I was going to include 'related words' like Numeral, Numeric, Numerical-etc., but the Etymonline-entry for ' Number' didn't mention where they fit ... the closest 'the search "Number"' got was a) the mock-Latin slang Numero Uno for "Number One," & b) the real Latin for the title of the 'book of The Bible' that begins with a census of early Israel (and maybe other Foundations I'm not seeing).
Know anything else interesting about that? Comment!
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