15c. metathesis of triteente (mid-14c.; see thirteen + -th (1)), which replaced forms from Old English treoteoea (West Saxon), triteogeea (Anglian). Similar formation in Old Norse trettande, Danish trettende, Swedish trettonde, Old Frisian threttinde, Dutch dertiende, Old High German dritto-zehanto, German dreizehnte.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century.