Where does “eighties” come from?
Eighties comes from Middle English eiȝtety, Old English hundeahtatiġ, and Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą, compound forms meaning eight tens.
eighties (English): plural of eighty; API pl; The decade of the...
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- plural of eighty; API pl; The decade of the...
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