fortnight

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English word fortnight comes from Old English fēowertȳne niht (fourteen nights)

fēowertȳne niht (Old English)

fourteen nights

fourten night (Middle English)

fourteen nights

fortnight (English)

After a fortnight has passed. (chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A period of fourteen nights; two weeks.

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