Where does “seventh” come from?
Seventh comes from Middle English sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-Germanic sebundô, meaning the ordinal number following sixth.
seventh (English): The ordinal form of the number seven; The person...
Definitions
- The ordinal form of the number seven; The person...
Ancestry of “seventh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sevenþe | seventh; One of seven equal parts of a whole; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | sefte | Alternative form of sevenþe |
| 3 | Old English | seofoþa | seventh |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sebunþō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sebundô | seventh |
Words derived from “seventh”