twenti
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twenti
Middle EnglishEdit
← 19 | 20 | |
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2[a], [b] | ||
Cardinal: twenti Ordinal: twentieth |
Alternative formsEdit
- twenty, twentie, twentti, tweinti, thwenti, thewenti, twinti, twonti, twontie, tuenti, tuentie, twentig, twenntiȝ
EtymologyEdit
From Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.
NumeralEdit
twenti
- twenty
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23-24:
- At nyght was come into that hostelrye
Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye- There came at nightfall to that hostelry
Some nine and twenty in a company
- There came at nightfall to that hostelry
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “twentī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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