fourtethe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === fourteþe, fourteoþe, vourteþe fowrtethe, fowrtithe (Late Middle English) fowrtuðe (AB language) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English fēowertēoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō tehundō, itself from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô tehundô; by surface analysis, four (“four”) +‎ tithe (“tenth, tithe”). The form fowrtuðe in the AB language; the development of either fēowertēoþa or of a *fēowerteogoþa (formed equivalently to teogoþa, alternative form of tēoþa (“tenth”) and attested as inflected fēowerteogeðan) in unstressed position. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔu̯rˌteːð(ə)/, /ˈfuːrˌteːð(ə)/ === Adjective === fourtethe (especially Southern, Southwest Midland) fourteenth Synonym: fourtenthe === Noun === fourtethe (especially Southern, Southwest Midland) One of fourteen parts of a whole; a fourteenth. Synonym: fourtenthe === References === “four-tẹ̄̆nthe, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.