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‘Calculate’ comes from the Latin word ‘calculus’ meaning pebble. Ancient people used pebbles to count and do calculations, like on an abacus. The abacus 🧮 itself comes from Latin abacus, meaning “board,” and was used to move beads or pebbles for counting. 🪨➕📊 [Read more 1] [Read more 2] @googlefactss #funfact#etymology#words#history#language#abacus