English
fifty
Fifty comes from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz ‘five tens’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fimf tigiwiz‘five tens’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fīftiġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fifty
- Englishearliest quotation 1897same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fimf tigiwiz‘five tens’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fīftiġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fifty
- Englishearliest quotation 1897same form
Earliest quotation: 1897, Richard Marsh: “‘If you shoot him I’ll give you fifty pounds.’…”
A compound of *fimf ‘five’ + *tigiwiz
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
Proto-Germanic *fimf ‘five’
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥-t(-s)
Proto-Germanic *tegun(dz)
Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz
Today it means
num The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz / fifty