seventy

A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/ UK /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #12829

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The number 70, coming after sixty-nine and before seventy-one.

My grandfather is almost seventy years old.

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Forms seventies

Etymology

From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).

seventy Middle English hundseofontiġ Old English *sebuntēhundą Proto-Germanic

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# seventy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 12829

## Meanings
1. The number 70, coming after sixty-nine and before seventy-one.

## Examples
- My grandfather is almost seventy years old.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seventy
- Root: hundseofontiġ
- Root: *sebuntēhundą

## Etymology
From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).

## AI Etymology
Seventy is from Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English seventy, Old English hundseofontiġ, Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą. In current use it includes the sense The number 70, coming after sixty-nine and before seventy-one.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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