Seven Definition
The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
- vii
- 7
- septuple
- septennial
- septemviral
- septenary
Origin of Seven
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From Middle English, from Old English seofon (“seven"), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven"), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven"). Cognate with Scots sevin (“seven"), West Frisian sân (“seven"), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven"), Dutch zeven (“seven"), German sieben (“seven"), Danish syv (“seven"), Icelandic sjö (“seven"), Latin septem (“seven"), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven"), Russian семь (sem'), Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English seofon septm̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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