English Explanatory Dictionary

-teen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.

Word forms

-teen

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-West Germanic *tehunder. Anglian Old English -tēne Middle English -tene English -teen From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”).

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