Where does “teenth” come from?
Teenth is a suffix extracted from English sixteenth, which derives from Old English sixtēoða, a formation from siex meaning six plus -tēoða, the ordinal suffix.
teenth (English): A dram, a sixteenth of an ounce
Definitions
- A dram, a sixteenth of an ounce
Ancestry of “teenth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sixteenth | The ordinal form of the number sixteen; One of... |
| 2 | Middle English | sixtenthe | — |
| 3 | Old English | sixtēoþa | — |