Where does “seventeen” come from?
seventeen (Middle English) comes from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic sebuntehun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.
seventeen (Middle English): Alternative form of seventene
Definitions
- Alternative form of seventene
Ancestry of “seventeen”, step by step