Where does “eleventy” come from?

eleventy (English) comes from English eleven, from Old English hundendleftig, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

eleventy (English): The number 110, 11 × 10; An indefinite large...

Definitions

  1. The number 110, 11 × 10; An indefinite large...

Ancestry of “eleventy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelevenThe cardinal number occurring after ten and...
2Old Englishhundendleftigone hundred and ten
3Old Englishhunddog; hundred
4Proto-West Germanichunddog
5Proto-Germanichundazdog
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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