Fifteen
/ˌfɪfˈtiːn/noun
The number that is one more than fourteen and one less than sixteen.
Did you know?Unlike words with occult literal meanings, fifteen is a pure inherited number-word, but its form preserves the old Germanic system where teens were built by stacking numbers together.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*penkʷe
“five”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fimf
“five”
Old English
OE
fīf-tēne
“five-ten, fifteen”
Middle English
ME
fiftene
“fifteen”
Modern English
English
fifteen
“the number 15”