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Where does “fourtenthe” come from?

fourtenthe (Middle English) comes from Middle English fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *feurþō tehundō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô tehundô.

Ancestry of “fourtenthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfourtethe—
2Old Englishfēowertēoþa—
3Proto-Germanic*feurþō tehundō—
4Proto-Germanic*fedurþô tehundô—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô tehundô →