eighth English · revision 6860

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=before 1000|origins=gem-pro *ahtuðô}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English eightethe, eighthe, contracted from Old English [[m|ang|eahtoþa]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[gem-pro|*ahtudon]],^(Etymonline) source also of Old High German [[m|goh|ahtodo]], Old Frisian achta, German [[m|de|achte]] and Gothic ahtuda;^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) see [[eight]] and [[-th]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Coming next after the seventh: before 1000 in the OED.^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates the contracted form eighthe from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Eighth part'', one of eight equal parts, is from 1523,^(OED 1989) and the noun, an eighth part, from 1557.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) In American music an ''eighth note'' is a [[quaver]] (1889).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1000 – the ordinal.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1523 – eighth part.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1557 – the noun.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1889 – eighth note.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Coming next after the seventh in order.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

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

+ # The eighth person or thing in a series.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(US, music)'' An eighth note; a [[quaver]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[eighthly]]

+ * [[eighth note]]

+ * [[eighth rest]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eight]]

+ * [[eighteen]]

+ * [[eighty]]

+ * [[octave]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}