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Where does “fīfta” come from?

fīfta (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fimftô — fifth.

fīfta (Old English): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “fīfta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfimftôfifth

Words derived from “fīfta”

  • fifth
  • fifthly
  • fifthness
  • vifte
  • fift
  • fifthe
  • fifte
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