Etymology

eighteenpenny

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Today it means: Having a value or cost of eighteenpence. Full definition →

English penny ← Middle English peny ← Old English peniġ
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  2. Proto-Germanic*ahtōu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*tehun
  5. Proto-Germanic*ahtōutehun
  6. Anglian Old Englisheahtatēne
  7. Middle Englisheightetene
  8. Englisheighteen
  9. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  10. Latinpatina
  11. Latinpanna?
  12. Latinpannus?
  13. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  14. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  15. Old Englishpeniġ
  16. Middle Englishpeny
  17. Englishpenny
  18. English todayeighteenpenny

From eighteen + penny.

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