different between eighty vs nighty

English

Etymology

From Middle English ei?ti, ey?ty, ei?tety, aghty, from Old English hundeahtati?, from Proto-Germanic *aht?ut?hund? (“eighty”), equivalent to eight +? -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), German Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??ti, IPA^(key): /?e?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?(?)e???i]
• Rhymes: -e?ti

Numeral

eighty

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

Related terms

• eight
• eighteen

Translations

See also

• Last: seventy-nine, seventy
• Next: eighty-one, ninety

English

Etymology

night +? -y

Noun

nighty (plural nighties)

1. Alternative spelling of nightie

Phrase

nighty

1. (childish) Good night. Abbreviation of nighty night.

Anagrams

• thingy