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Where does “nineteenthly” come from?

nineteenthly (English) comes from English nineteenth, from English nineteen, from Middle English nyntene, from Old English niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

nineteenthly (English): In nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row

Definitions

  1. In nineteenth place; nineteenth in a row

Ancestry of “nineteenthly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnineteenthThe ordinal form of the number nineteen; The...
2EnglishnineteenThe cardinal number occurring after eighteen and...
3Middle Englishnyntene—
4Old Englishniġontēne—
5Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
6Proto-Germanictehunten
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →