Where does “eightyfold” come from?
eightyfold (English) comes from English eighty, from Middle English eightety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.
eightyfold (English): By a factor of eighty
Definitions
- By a factor of eighty
Ancestry of “eightyfold”, step by step
eightyfold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eighty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eighty | The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine... |
| 2 | Middle English | eightety | eighty |
| 3 | Old English | hundeahtatiġ | eighty |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ahtōutēhundą | eighty |