Why the 1/60 of minutes is writen and pronuciated in the same away of the ordinary number "second"?
Are there any historic motive
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The word "second" meaning the next one after the first one, comes from the Latin "secundus", meaning "following, next in order,"
The word "second" meaning 1/60th of a minute, is very close in origin: It comes from the Latin "secunda", short for secunda pars minuta "second diminished part," the result of the second division of the hour by sixty (the first being the "prime minute," now called the minute)
For details see http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=second
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