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Where does “seventin” come from?

seventin (Tok Pisin) comes from English seventeen, 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.

seventin (Tok Pisin): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “seventin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseventeenThe cardinal number occurring after sixteen and...
2Middle Englishseventeneseventeen
3Old Englishseofontīene—
4Proto-Germanicsebuntehunseventeen
5Proto-Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
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