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xiphiasThe etymology of "minute" and "second."
A degree of arc, or an hour of time is broken into sixty minute parts. That's "minute" with the accent on the second syllable, "my-NYOOT", as in "tiny". Then those sixty minute parts can be further broken into sixty second-order-minute parts.
It had honestly never occurred to me to consider the fact that "second" as in "one-Mississippi, two-Mississippi" and "second" as in "after first and before third" might be the same word.
A degree of arc, or an hour of time is broken into sixty minute parts. That's "minute" with the accent on the second syllable, "my-NYOOT", as in "tiny". Then those sixty minute parts can be further broken into sixty second-order-minute parts.
It had honestly never occurred to me to consider the fact that "second" as in "one-Mississippi, two-Mississippi" and "second" as in "after first and before third" might be the same word.