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