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throwaway982749 on Jan 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Numbers 0 to 11111 in terms of Increasing and Decr...

Well... there's evidence right there in the English language.

    dig·it [ˈdijit]

    NOUN
    1) any of the numerals from 0 to 9, especially when forming part of a number.
    2) a finger (including the thumb) or toe.

saghm on Jan 13, 2017 [–]

Right, but that doesn't really say anything about causation; there is definitely a linguistic link between the body parts and numerical digits in this word, but that could have easily developed after base ten became common for other reasons.

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