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Where does “thirteenth” come from?

Thirteenth comes from Old English þrēottēoþa, a compound of þrēo (three) and -tēoþa (tenth), literally meaning three-tenth.

thirteenth (English): The ordinal form of the number thirteen; The...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number thirteen; The...

Ancestry of “thirteenth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthrittenthe—
2Middle Englishthrittethe—
3Old Englishþrēottēoþa—
4Proto-Germanic*þriddjō tehundō—

Words derived from “thirteenth”

  • thirteenthly
Every word from Proto-Germanic *þriddjō tehundō →