Nine
/naɪn/noun
The number equivalent to 8 + 1.
Did you know?English nine is directly descended from a Proto-Indo-European number word so old that its cousins appear across Europe and Asia in nearly unchanged form.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁néwn̥
“the number nine”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*newun
“the number nine”
Old English
English
nigon
“the number nine”
Middle English
English
nine
“the number nine”
Modern English
English
nine
“the number nine”