eighty

A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈeɪ.ti/ UK /ˈeɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #11550

Meanings

1

num
The number 80, coming after seventy-nine and before eighty-one.

My grandmother is almost eighty years old.
2

noun
The number eighty.

The thermometer reached eighty in the afternoon.

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1 num · the number 80, coming after... fourscore

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Eighty percent of life is showing up

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

eightety Middle English hundeahtatiġ Old English *ahtōutēhundą Proto-Germanic

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# eighty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈeɪ.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈeɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 11550

## Meanings
1. The number 80, coming after seventy-nine and before eighty-one.
2. The number eighty.

## Examples
- My grandmother is almost eighty years old.
- The thermometer reached eighty in the afternoon.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eightety
- Root: hundeahtatiġ
- Root: *ahtōutēhundą

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

## AI Etymology
Eighty is inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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