Added 9 October 2026
tenth
/tɛnθ/ adjective
In Latin: decimus Wiktionary
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noun
- The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
- One of ten equal parts of a whole.
- The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
verb
Origin
From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Equivalent to ten (numeral) + -th (suffix forming ordinals).
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