eleven

Etymology

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.

num

1. The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

noun

1. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
2. (soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
3. (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
   A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
   B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
4. (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
   1. An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
   2. A very high level of intensity.