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Where does “twentieth” come from?

Twentieth derives from Old English twēntigoþa, an ordinal form based on the cardinal number twenty.

twentieth (English): The ordinal form of the number twenty; A person...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number twenty; A person...

Ancestry of “twentieth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwēntigoþa—

Words derived from “twentieth”

  • twentiethly
Every word from Old English twēntigoþa →