-TH

see: -eth II. adjective suffix or -eth Etymology: Middle English ~e, -te, from Old English ~a, -ta; akin to Old High German -do ~, Latin -tus, Greek -tos, Sanskrit ~a — used in forming ordinal numbers III. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -ida, suffix forming abstract nouns, Latin -ta, Greek -tē, Sanskrit -tā act or process , state or condition , IV. symbol Etymology: 2~ — used with the figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 and related Roman numerals to indicate an ordinal number