Where does “tenth” come from?

Tenth comes from Old English tēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *tegunthaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dekm̥-to-, meaning "pertaining to ten."

tenth (English): The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order...

Ancestry of “tenth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtenth—
2Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

Words derived from “tenth”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →Every word from Middle English tenth →