Where does “seventyodd” come from?
seventyodd (English) comes from English seventy, from Middle English seventy, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic sebuntēhundą — seventy.
seventyodd (English): Slightly more than seventy
Definitions
- Slightly more than seventy
Ancestry of “seventyodd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seventy | The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine... |
| 2 | Middle English | seventy | seventy |
| 3 | Old English | hundseofontiġ | seventy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sebuntēhundą | seventy |