A few days ago
Jaime V

why is number shortened to no. not nu.?

if number becomes no. when you abbreviate it, where the hell did the “o” come from?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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NO. IS FOR NUMERO
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A few days ago
jcouncil007
Because no. is derived from “numero” which is a different case of the Latin word “numerus” meaning number. So that means you can use the abbreviation “nr.” also.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
The symbol is a combination of the Latin letter “N” with a grapheme resembling the masculine ordinal indicator (or superscript “o”, sometimes underlined). “№ 4”

On typewriters and computers that do not support this symbol, it is acceptable and commonplace to substitute it with the trigraph “No.” (letter “N”, letter “o”, and a period).

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A few days ago
Crowdpleaser
Why is Richard shortended to Dick?
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