Tenth
/tɛnθ/noun
Constituting number ten in a sequence.
Did you know?English *tenth* descends from a Proto-Indo-European ordinal pattern that also gave us words for counting and order across the Indo-European family, showing how ancient people literally built rank into language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dekm̥tós
“tenth”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*tehunþô / *tehunþaz
“tenth”
Old English
OE
teoþa
“tenth”
Middle English
ME
tenthe / tenthe
“tenth”
Modern English
English
tenth
“the ordinal number after ninth”