The clock struck ____, so the bar patrons knew it was time to leave.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is already ____.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven
English eleven
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows."
— 1973, Jane Roberts, The education of Oversoul Seven, page 8:
"I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…]"
— 2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You:
"It was also a work of fiction in which another work of fiction (Gulliver's Travels) was real; that Chinese box of an idea is wonderful to discover when you're eleven."
— 2014, Terry Pratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard, page 169:
"Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]"
— 1926, J. Conoboy, “Walter Achiu: Chinese-Hawaiian Athlete Will Be Leader of Flyers On Cinder Path This Year”, in The Dayton Herald, page 21: