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)/

Numeral

cardinal number

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	Next:	eiȝtetene

seventene

1. seventeen

Descendants

• English: seventeen
• Scots: seiventeen

References

• “sē̆ventẹ̄n(e (num.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-18.