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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

  1. By a factor of eighty

Ancestry of “eightyfold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheightyThe cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine...
2Middle Englisheightety—
3Old Englishhundeahtatiġ—
4Proto-Germanicahtōutēhundąeighty
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