2006-06-08 17:52:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
fortnight is a variation of a middle english word called fortenight, which literally means fourteen nights
2006-06-08 17:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by moma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fortnight is a unit of time equal to two weeks: that is 14 days, or literally 14 nights. The term is common in British English, Hiberno-English and Australian English, but rarely used in American English. It derives from the Old English feowertiene niht, meaning "fourteen nights".
2006-06-09 02:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we call 7 days a week? 30 (or 31) days a month? 12 months a year? 10 years a decade? 100 years a century?
2006-06-09 12:56:40 · answer #3 · answered by brains 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It derives from the Old English feowertiene niht, meaning "fourteen nights".
2006-06-13 23:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by dream1er75 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can also call a week a se'ennight if you'd like. Très Jane Austen.
2006-06-10 10:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has its origin frm da word "feowertiene niht" meaning fourteenth night!!
2006-06-09 00:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by student_90 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see.... u got a good explanation from all of them. then what more should i say???
2006-06-09 02:16:28 · answer #7 · answered by prudentstudent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question!
2006-06-09 00:55:59 · answer #8 · answered by him n her♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋