Where does “eighty” come from?
Eighty comes from Middle English eiȝtety, Old English hundeahtatiġ, and Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą, a compound meaning eight times ten.
eighty (English): The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine...
Definitions
- The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine...
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