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Where does “seventeenthly” come from?

seventeenthly (English) comes from English seventeenth, from Middle English sevententhe, from Old English seofontēoþa.

seventeenthly (English): In the seventeenth place; seventeenth in a row

Definitions

  1. In the seventeenth place; seventeenth in a row

Ancestry of “seventeenthly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseventeenthThe ordinal form of the number seventeen; One of...
2Middle Englishsevententhe—
3Old Englishseofontēoþa—
Every word from Old English seofontēoþa →