Etymology

thirtyfold

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Today it means: thirty times as great, or as many Full definition →

Middle English þrittyfold ← Old English þrītiġfeald
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  1. Old English · inherited fromþrītiġfeald“thirtyfold”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromþrittyfold
  3. English todaythirtyfold

From Middle English þrittyfold, thritti fold, from Old English þrītiġfeald (“thirtyfold”), equivalent to thirty + -fold.

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