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Where does “twelfthe” come from?
twelfthe (Middle English) comes from Old English twelfta, from Proto-Germanic twaliftô — twelfth.
Ancestry of “twelfthe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
twelfta
twelfth
2
Proto-Germanic
twaliftô
twelfth
Words derived from “twelfthe”
twelfth
twelfthly
Twelfthtide
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