Talk:IUPAC numerical multiplier

Question I've asked several times before

Why has Latin nona- been adopted for 9 although the others are Greek?? Georgia guy 18:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly due to the usual English language lack of consistency, infecting international standards bodies. In short, that's just the way it came out. ww 05:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

examples, please!

The article recounts the rules, but does so in a particularly opaque way. We are writing an encyclopedia article here, not preaching to the organic choir, and examples really do help Average Readers make sense of such material. ww 05:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the IUPAC use greek numeral prefixes instead of latin ones?

Why does the IUPAC use greek numeral prefixes instead of latin ones? For example, why it is called Pentane and not "Quintane". Why do they use Icosa- instead of Viginti- for the prefix for 20. Why Tetra- instead of Quad- for the prefix of 4? Please, can someone tell me why? Thanks. 24.150.217.182 (talk) 13:40, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not too far above on this same talk page is why 9 is the opposite of this question. Georgia guy (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

13 trideca 14 tetradeca 15 pentadeca

13 trideca 14 tetradeca 15 pentadeca 49.146.44.1 (talk) 13:28, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]