Etymology

elevenie

E1L1E1V4E1N1I1E1

Today it means: An eleven-word poem, successive lines containing one, two, three, four and one words. 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 todayelevenie

From eleven + -ie, calque of Dutch elfje or German Elfchen.

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