Meaning

noun the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

noun one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

adjective being one more than nine

originPIE word *déḱm̥ From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0