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English word twelve comes from Proto-Germanic *twai (Two.), Proto-Germanic *-lif
*twai (Proto-Germanic)
Two.
*-lif (Proto-Germanic)
*twalif (Proto-Germanic)
Twelve.
twelf (Old English)
(cardinal) twelve.
twelve (Middle English)
twelve (English)
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII. (legal, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).. (slang) police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer. A group of twelve items.. A twelve-bore gun.