Twelve

n. [A-S. twelf, O. Sax. twelf, L. Ger. twolf, twolve, twelf, O. Fries. twilif, twelef, tolef, twelf, D. twaalf, Icel. tólf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, O. H. Ger. zwelf, N. H. Ger. zwölf, Goth. twalif, from twa, two, and -lif, ten, O. Sax. liui, O. Fries. lif, lef, O. H. Ger. lif, Icel. levu.] One more than eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.

Twelve Tables. (Law.) See TABLE.