seventene
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) seoventene, soventene, seofontyne, sceoventene
- sevenetene, cevyntene, seventeen, seventen, sevyntene
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)/
Descendants
- English: seventeen
- Scots: seiventeen
References
- “sē̆ventẹ̄n(e (num.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-18.
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