thirty

Meaning

Noun

• A rack of thirty beers.

Origin

• From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þritiġ ("thirty"), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz ("thrity"), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty, West Frisian tritich ("thirty"), Dutch dertig ("thirty"), German dreißig ("thirty").