tenth English · revision 15065

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=mid-12th century}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tenθ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|tenthe]], formed from [[ten]] and [[-th]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) replacing Old English [[m|ang|tēoþa]], which survives in [[tithe]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Similar older formations are [[osx|tehando]], [[ofs|tegotha]], [[nl|tiende]], [[goh|zehanto]] and [[de|zehnte]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Next after the ninth: the mid-12th century or late Old English, as tenðe.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The same shift happened with [[seventh]] and [[ninth]], which replaced older forms.^(Etymonline) As a noun, a tenth part, it is from about 1200,^(Etymonline) and the tenth day of a month by the 1570s.^(Etymonline) The ''tenth wave'' was once held to be larger than the nine before it (1585).^(OED 1989) A verb tenth, to decimate or tithe, is from 1598.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-12th century – tenðe.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1200 – a tenth part.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1570s – the tenth of a month.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1585 – the tenth wave.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1598 – to tenth, decimate.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Coming next after the ninth; the [[ordinal number]] of ten.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # One of ten equal parts of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The tenth in a series.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tenthly]]

+ * [[tenth-rate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ten]]

+ * [[tithe]]

+ * [[decimal]]

+ * [[teind]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}