fifteen
‘the word representing the number 15’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
E. fieftiene, fiftenæ, fiftienne, fyftena < O.E. fiftyne < fif ‘five’ + tyne < fif < penkwe- < Tamil aintu
fifteen
‘the word representing the number 15’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
E. fieftiene, fiftenæ, fiftienne, fyftena < O.E. fiftyne < fif ‘five’ + tyne < fif < penkwe- < Tamil aintu
English words derived from Tamil aintu connoting ‘the number five’