seventene
Middle English
← 16 | 17 | 18 → |
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Cardinal: seventene |
Alternative forms
- sevenetene, cevyntene, seventeen, seventen, sevyntene
- seoventene, soventene, seofontyne, sceoventene (Early Middle English)
Etymology
From Anglian Old English seofontēne (compare West Saxon seofontīene), from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Equivalent to seven + -tene.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛvənteːn(ə)/, /ˈsɛːvənteːn(ə)/
Numeral
seventene
Descendants
References
- “sē̆ventẹ̄n(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 December 2018.