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Word entry · 6 letters

eighty

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"Eight tens"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈeɪ.ti/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eghityStarts with EEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being ten more than seventy

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

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