elleven

Middle English

Alternative forms

enleven, eleven, ellevene, enleve, ellevyn, endleve, elleovene

Etymology

From Old English endleofan, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.

Pronunciation

(Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlløːvən/, /ˈɛnløːvən/
IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɛːvən/, /ˈɛlɛvən/, /ˈɛnlɛvə(n)/

Numeral

cardinal number
11	Previous:	ten
11	Next:	twelve

elleven

eleven

Descendants

English: eleven
Scots: eleiven, eleeven (obsolete ane-levin, alevin, ellevin, elevin, levin)

References

“ellē̆ven (card. num.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-14.

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