Where does “10th” come from?
10th (English) comes from English tenth, from Middle English tenth, from Proto-Germanic tehundô — tenth.
10th (English): Abbreviation of tenth
Ancestry of “10th”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tenth | The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order... |
| 2 | Middle English | tenth | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tehundô | tenth |