Where does “17e” come from?
17e (French) comes from French dix-septième, from French -ième, from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -esimus.
17e (French): 17th
Definitions
- 17th
Ancestry of “17e”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dix-septième | seventeenth |
| 2 | French | -ième | -st, -nd, and -th, the suffix denoting an ordinal... |
| 3 | Middle French | -iesme | th |
| 4 | Old French | -esme | — |
| 5 | Latin | -esimus | — |