Where does “fourti” come from?
fourti (Middle English) comes from Old English fēowertiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi — forty.
Ancestry of “fourti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | fēowertiġ | forty |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *feuwar tigiwi | forty |