name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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num
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
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adjective satellite
being one more than seventeen
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Synonyms: 18, xviii
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noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
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Synonyms: 18, XVIII
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Broader terms: large integer
History
Derived from place names such as Ayton, Eaton, and Eton.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun Anglian Old English eahtatēne Middle English eightetene English eighteen From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten. Equivalent to eight + -teen.
Across languages
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