Etymology

elevener

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Today it means: Synonym of elevenses (“mid-morning break for a drink or snack”). Full definition →

English eleven ← Middle English elleven ← Old English endleofan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  5. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*ainalif
  7. Proto-West Germanic*ainalif
  8. Proto-West Germanic*ainalifun
  9. Old Englishendleofan
  10. Middle Englishelleven
  11. Englisheleven
  12. English todayelevener

From eleven + -er.

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