twenti

Middle English

Middle English cardinal numbers

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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

1. 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

Descendants

• English: twenty
  • Tok Pisin: twenti
• Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty

References

• “twentī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Tok Pisin

cardinal number

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Etymology

From English twenty.

Numeral

twenti

1. twenty

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tupela ten.