Where does “twelfth” come from?
Twelfth comes from Old English twelfta, from Proto-Germanic twaliftô, a compound of twa (two) and lif (remaining), literally meaning "two left over" after counting to ten.
twelfth (English): The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing...
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- The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing...
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