twenti
Middle English
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Cardinal : twenti Ordinal : twentieth | ||
Alternative forms
- twenty, twentie, twentti, tweinti, thwenti, thewenti, twinti, twonti, twontie, tuenti, tuentie, twentig, twenntiȝ
Etymology
From Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.
Numeral
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
Descendants
References
- “twentī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Etymology
Numeral
twenti
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