Etymology

seventeen

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Today it means: The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17. Full definition →

Middle English seventene ← Old English seofontīene ← Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sebuntehun
  2. Old English · inherited fromseofontīene
  3. Middle English · inherited fromseventene
  4. English todayseventeen

Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen

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