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