Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥-t(-s)
Proto-Germanic *tegun(dz)
Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz
Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi
Old English fēowertiġ
Middle English fourty
English forty
From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
Meanings
(US, slang) A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
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forties
Number=Plur
lexicographic
fourty
alternative, obsolete
lexicographic
Deriveds
north forty (Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty) · Forties (Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty) · forty minutes of hell (Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty) · forty winks (Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty) · Forty Thieves (Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥-t(-s)
Proto-Germanic *tegun(dz)
Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz
Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz
Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi
Old English fēowertiġ
Middle English fourty
English forty
From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
Meanings
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
'Tis forty years this very day,
Since you and I, old girl, were married. 1825, unknown, Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book, page 35:
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thirty-nine) · ti ኣርባዓ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ang fēowertiġ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · yue 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · vo fols (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · uk со́рок (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · si හතළිහ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cmn 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lij quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · gl corenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · da fyrretyve (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sc caranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ce шовзткъа (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · io quaradek (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rgn cvaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · oc quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lo ສີ່ສິບ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tpi fopela ten (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · km ៤០ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lb véierzeg (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sah түөрт уон (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tt кырык (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ist quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · zza çores (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lv četrdesmit (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · khb ᦉᦲᧈᦉᦲᧇ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sat ᱵᱟᱨ ᱤᱥᱤ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · arc ארבעין (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · yua kaʼakʼáal (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · alt тӧртӧн (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ar أَرْبَعُونَ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · wuu 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sq dyzet (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · an quarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · str ṈESEȽŚÁ¸ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · esu malruk ipiaq (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ms empat puluh (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · wa cwarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · av кӏикъого (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rgn quarânta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · frm quarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · et nelikümmend (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pl czterdzieści (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ga daichead (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fr quarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pdt featijch (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · alt кырык (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · gur pisnaasɩ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ccc ma'pojtamala chunka (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fo fjøruti (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cu четꙑре десѧте (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nan-tws 卌 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · de vierzig (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rup patrudzãts (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fa چهل (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · crh qırq (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nl veertig (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nv dízdiin (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fur cuarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rom saranda (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tpi foti (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ug قىرىق (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ko 마흔 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sv fyrtio (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · shn သီႇသိပ်း (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · no førti (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · my လေးဆယ် (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fro quarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · kk қырық (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tk kyrk (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bo བཞི་བཅུ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · arz أربعين (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ht karant (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · vi bốn chục (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mnc ᡩᡝᡥᡳ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · uz qirq (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ko 사십 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · vi bốn mươi (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · scn quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tl apatnapu (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · vec cuaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pap kuarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · kw dew ugens (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sc baranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mi whā tekau (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rm quaraunta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · as চল্লিছ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sm fasefulu (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · gd ceathrad (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ny makumi anayi (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pt quarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fj vasagavulu (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · am ፵) (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lad קוארינטה (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pms quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · az qırx (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · am አርባ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · is fjörutíu (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · th สี่สิบ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cop ϩⲙⲉ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rup patrudzãtsi (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sv fyrti (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lkt wikčémna tópa (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mfe karant (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cy pedwar deg (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ha arba'in (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cy deugain (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lou karant (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · la quadraginta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ky кырк (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ru со́рок (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · el σαράντα (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ofs fiuwertich (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cs čtyřicet (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mk четириесет (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · chk faik (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · atv тӧртен кырык (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · udm ньыльдон (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ckb چل (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · co quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ca quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ch kuårenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · krc къыркъ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · to fāngofulu (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · dlm quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rm curonta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · koi нёльдас (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · eo kvardek (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pdc varzich (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ja 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · grc μ΄ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lld caranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · wa karantt (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · hy քառասուն (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ba ҡырҡ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ast cuarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · chr ᏅᎩᏍᎪᎯ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · haw kanahā (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · dz བཞི་བཅུ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · chy névó'e (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ty maha 'ahuru (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · es cuarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · om afurtama (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ro patruzeci (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mt erbgħin (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · gv daeed (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · qu tawa chunka (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · grc τεσσεράκοντα (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ota قرق (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · unm neinxke (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nrf quarante (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tpw xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · arc ܐܪܒܥܝܢ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · da fyrre (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · esu yuinaak malruk (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · enm fourty (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tpw xe pó, xe py, amõ abá pó, i py (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · orv сорокъ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sw arubaini (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ia quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tr kırk (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · roa-opt quaraenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · liv nēļakimdõ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · txb śtwārka (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · yi פֿערציק (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · roa-opt quareenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ta நாற்பது (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sh četrdeset (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lad kuarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pa ਚਾਲ਼ੀ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · tpw xe pó, xe py, amõ abá pó, i py abé (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · hak 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bn চল্লিশ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · hsb štyrceći (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sk štyridsať (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rm curanta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · hwc forty (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rue со́рок (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · be со́рак (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bg четири́йсет (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cv хӗрӗх (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lmo quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · lt keturiasdešimt (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · egl quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · an quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rm curànta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · kmr çil (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bth pat puru (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sh четрдесет (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ext cuarenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bcl apat na pulo (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · dv ސާޅީސް (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · wal oytama (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bg четири́десет (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · br daou-ugent (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sat ᱯᱩᱱ ᱜᱮᱞ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · osp quaraenta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · it quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · rm quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nap quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · phn 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mn дөч (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · izh neljäkymment (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · id empat puluh (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · svs aghavaleza (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · te నలభై (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · na animo (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · gd dà fhichead (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · vec quaranta (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ml നാല്പത് (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · nan-tws 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · hu negyven (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · oj niimidana (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · bo ༤༠ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · fi neljäkymmentä (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ps څلوېښت (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · cdo 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · pa ਚਾਲ੍ਹੀ (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sl štirideset (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · sa चत्वारिंशत् (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · kim дөртэн (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · ja 四十 (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · mkj pahjek (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) · eu berrogei (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine)