Where does “eightyodd” come from?
eightyodd (English) comes from English eighty, from Middle English eightety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.
eightyodd (English): Slightly more than eighty
Definitions
- Slightly more than eighty
Ancestry of “eightyodd”, step by step
| 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 |