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

  1. The ordinal form of the number seven; The person...

Ancestry of “seventh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsevenþeseventh; One of seven equal parts of a whole; a...
2Middle EnglishsefteAlternative form of sevenþe
3Old Englishseofoþaseventh
4Proto-West Germanicsebunþō—
5Proto-Germanicsebundôseventh

Words derived from “seventh”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sebundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sebunþō →Every word from Old English seofoþa →