Etymology:
The word "seventeenth" is derived from the following sources:
Meaning:
Seventeenth means the number that comes after sixteenth and before eighteenth. It can also refer to the ordinal number corresponding to the number 17.
Origin:
The word "seventeenth" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root septm, meaning "seven." The suffix "-teenth" is used to form ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers and is derived from the Old English word -teoða, meaning "tenth."
Therefore, the word "seventeenth" literally means "seventh tenth," which corresponds to its position as the seventeenth number in the sequence of natural numbers.
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