Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “nynety” come from?

nynety (Middle English) comes from Old English hundniġontiġ, from Proto-Germanic newuntēhundą — ninety.

Ancestry of “nynety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhundniġontiġ—
2Proto-Germanicnewuntēhundąninety

Words derived from “nynety”

  • ninety
  • ninetyfold
  • ninetyish
  • nainti
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