Why is the number one called one?

Answer 1

The only reason is that you happen to speak English. If you grew up speaking

some of the other languages that are popular around our globe, you'd call it

something else. Here are a few examples. (There are many others.)

-- eins

-- uno

-- un

-- echad

-- ee

-- ek

-- een

-- jeden

-- bir

-- ichi

-- isa

-- wahid

-- ett

-- neg

-- kan

-- daya

-- uma

-- egy

-- edno

-- a-deen