fortnight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A period of two weeks.

   We are going on holiday for a fortnight in August.

From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compare sennight.

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