eightethe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === aiȝtede, eghte, eghþe, eȝte, eighthe, eiȝteþe, eiȝtthe, eiȝtþe, eyghte, eyteth, eytiþ, eytþe eahtuðe, ehtuðe, egteðe (Early Middle English); aght (Northern, Northeast Midland) === Etymology === From Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eighte +‎ -the (ordinal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæi̯xtəð(ə)/, /ˈæi̯xtθ(ə)/, /ˈæi̯xt(ə)/, /ˈæi̯xθ(ə)/ === Adjective === eightethe eighth ==== Descendants ==== English: eighth Scots: echt ==== References ==== “eightethe, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 February 2019.