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From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forty-ninth
Today it means: The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence. Full definition →
Today it means: The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence. Full definition →
From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.