Where does “eightieth” come from?
Eightieth comes from Middle English -th, Old English -þ, Proto-Germanic -iþō, and Proto-Indo-European -ti, a suffix forming ordinal numbers from cardinal numerals.
eightieth (English): The ordinal form of the number eighty; The person...
Definitions
- The ordinal form of the number eighty; The person...
Ancestry of “eightieth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -eth | "goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers... |
| 2 | Middle English | -eth | Used to form the third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old English | -eþ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |