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The [[word]] "'''twelve'''" is the largest [[number]] with a single-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme morpheme] name in [[English]]. Etymology suggests that "twelve" (similar to "eleven") arises from the Germanic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics) compound] twalif "two-leftover", so a [[literal]] [[translation]] would yield "two remaining [after having [[ten]] taken]". This compound [[meaning]] may have been [[transparent]] to speakers of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], but the modern form "twelve" is quite opaque. Only the remaining tw- hints that twelve and two are related.

The [[word]] "'''twelve'''" is the largest [[number]] with a single-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme morpheme] name in [[English]]. Etymology suggests that "twelve" (similar to "eleven") arises from the Germanic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics) compound] twalif "two-leftover", so a [[literal]] [[translation]] would yield "two remaining [after having [[ten]] taken]". This compound [[meaning]] may have been [[transparent]] to speakers of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], but the modern form "twelve" is quite opaque. Only the remaining tw- hints that twelve and two are related.

A group of twelve things is called a ''Duodecad''. The ordinal adjective is ''duodenary'', twelfth. The adjective referring to a [[group]] consisting of twelve [[things]] is ''duodecuple''.

A group of twelve things is called a ''Duodecad''. The ordinal adjective is ''duodenary'', twelfth. The adjective referring to a [[group]] consisting of twelve [[things]] is ''duodecuple''.