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Why is "facsimile" abbreviated to "Fax" and "Number" to "No."?
When there's no "X" in Facsimile and no "O" in Number
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- MelissaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Number is from Italian...numero. I presume fax comes from the first syllable of facsimile and is just an alternate spelling.
Source(s): http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=n&p=8
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