Etymology:
Old English tēoða, from Proto-Germanic tehun-dōn, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm-tos, derivative of the root déḱm ("ten").
Meaning:
Origin:
The word "tenth" has its roots in the Proto-Indo-European language, which was spoken thousands of years ago by the ancestors of many European languages. The Proto-Indo-European root déḱm meant "ten," and this root gave rise to the word "tenth" in Old English and eventually in modern English.
The word "tenth" is related to the word "decade," which also comes from the Proto-Indo-European root déḱm. A decade is a period of ten years, and it is also a group of ten items.
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Etymology Old English seofoða ordinal of seofon seven Proto Germanic sibundoz
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Etymology The word ninth comes from Old English nigoda which in turn derives from P
Part Etymology Middle English in the sense portion portion of a whole from Old
