- tenth
[tenth 词源字典]
- tenth: see tithe
[tenth etymology, tenth origin, 英语词源] - tenth (adj.)
- mid-12c., tenðe; see ten + -th (1). Replacing Old English teoða (West Saxon), teiða (Northumbrian), which is preserved in tithe. Compare Old Saxon tehando, Old Frisian tegotha, Dutch tiende, Old High German zehanto, German zehnte, Gothic taihunda. As a noun from c. 1200.