Where does “fiftyodd” come from?
fiftyodd (English) comes from English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz — fifty.
fiftyodd (English): Slightly more than fifty
Definitions
- Slightly more than fifty
Ancestry of “fiftyodd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fifty | The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine... |
| 2 | Old English | fīftiġ | fifty |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fimf tigiwiz | fifty |