Proto-Germanic
*sebun
‘seven’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sebun.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sebun, most familiar first.
- seven ← seofon ← *sebun
- eighty ← eightety ← hundeahtatiġ ← *ahtōutēhundą
- sevenfold ← seofonfeald ← seofon ← *sebun
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sebun