Etymograph

English

how manyth

From how many + -th (ordinal suffix).

Formed from how many + -th

Old English hū maniġ

English how many

The story

Equivalent constructions are perfectly standard in many of the world’s languages (compare the translations below).

Today it means

adj Standing for an unknown or queried ordinal number.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / how manyth