fourty

== English == === Numeral === fourty Obsolete spelling of forty. Misspelling of forty. ==== Usage notes ==== In modern usage, the spelling fourty is nonstandard. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fourti, feortiȝ, forty, vourty fowwerrtiȝ (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English fēowertiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz; equivalent to four +‎ -ty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔu̯rti/, /ˈfɔu̯rtiː/ === Numeral === fourty forty ==== Descendants ==== English: forty Yola: vorty ==== References ==== “fourtī̆, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.