>Me : looking up Quipus on wikipedia.
>Moving on to abacuses.
>Suddenly hit with
The normal method of calculation in ancient Rome, as in Greece, was by moving counters on a smooth table. Originally pebbles (Latin: calculi) were used.
>Please tell me this isn't calculi as in calculus and the term means SMALL PEBBLE.
>Googles "calculus etymology"
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.
>God fucking damnit lmao.
Getting wiser every day.












