-teen
a suffix used to form cardinal numerals from 13 to 19.
-teen
combining form
ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19
derived forms
-teenth, combining_form:in_adjective
word origin
old english -tēne, -tӯne
-teen
combining form meaning “ten more than,” from o.e. -tene, -tiene, from p.gmc. -tekhuniz (cf. o.s. -tein, du. -tien, o.h.g. -zehan, ger. -zehn, goth. -taihun), an inflected form of the root of ten; cognate with l. -decim (cf. it. -dici, sp. -ce, fr. -ze). the combining form of ordinal numbers, -teenth, developed from o.e. -teoða, -teoðe (w.saxon), teogoða (anglian) “tenth.”
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