Where does “seventy” come from?
seventy (Middle English) comes from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic sebuntēhundą — seventy.
seventy (Middle English): seventy
Definitions
- seventy
Ancestry of “seventy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | hundseofontiġ | seventy |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sebuntēhundą | seventy |