Old English · numeral
twentig
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /ˈtweːn.tij/
- Syllables
- ˈtweːn · tij (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- twenty
Meaning
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twenty
Tō twām and twēntiġum dō endleofan; þonne beoþ þǣr þrēo and þrītiġ.
To 22 add 11; then it is 33.
c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual:
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon twentig, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.
Descendants
twenty
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