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eightpence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"[…] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence."

eightpences (plural)

twopence tuppence threepence fourpence fivepence sixpence tenpence

What does eightpence mean?: A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
Where does eightpence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peniesder. English pence English eightpence From eight + pence.

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