tenth
Meaning
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- The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
- Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɛnθ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Equivalent to ten (numeral) + -th (suffix forming ordinals).
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