Where does “fourteenth” come from?
fourteenth (English) comes from Middle English fourtenthe, from Middle English fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *feurþō tehundō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô tehundô.
fourteenth (English): The ordinal form of the number fourteen; The...
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- The ordinal form of the number fourteen; The...
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