fortypenny

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adjective

Having a value or cost of forty pence.

OriginEnglish penny ← Middle English peny ← Old English peniġ →
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Meanings

adjectivefortypenny (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparableHaving a value or cost of forty pence.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwṓr
  2. Proto-Germanic*fedwōr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥-t(-s)
  5. Proto-Germanic*tegun(dz)
  6. Proto-Germanic*tigiwiz
  7. Proto-Germanic*fedwōr tigiwiz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*feuwar tigiwi
  9. Old Englishfēowertiġ
  10. Middle Englishfourty
  11. Englishforty
  12. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  13. Latinpatina
  14. Latinpanna?
  15. Latinpannus?
  16. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  17. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  18. Old Englishpeniġ
  19. Middle Englishpeny
  20. Englishpenny
  21. Englishfortypenny

From forty + penny.

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APA

fortypenny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortypenny

MLA

“fortypenny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortypenny. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fortypenny,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortypenny.

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