seventene
Middle English
edit← 16 | 17 | 18 → |
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Cardinal: seventene |
Alternative forms
edit- (Early ME) seoventene, soventene, seofontyne, sceoventene
- sevenetene, cevyntene, seventeen, seventen, sevyntene
Etymology
editFrom Anglian Old English seofontēne (compare West Saxon seofontīene), from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Equivalent to seven + -tene.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editseventene
Descendants
edit- English: seventeen
- Scots: seiventeen
- Yola: zeventeen
References
edit- “sē̆ventẹ̄n(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-18.
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- Middle English lemmas
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- enm:Seven