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Where does “eiȝti” come from?

eiȝti (Middle English) comes from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.

Ancestry of “eiȝti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhundeahtatiġ—
2Proto-Germanicahtōutēhundąeighty

Words derived from “eiȝti”

  • eighty
  • eighties
  • eightieth
  • mideighties
  • eightyfold
  • eightyish
  • oughties
  • eti
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