English
sixty
Sixty comes from Middle English sixty, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sehs tigiwizreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sehs tigiwireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sixtiġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sixty
- Englishearliest quotation 2005sixty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sehs tigiwizreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sehs tigiwireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sixtiġ
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sixty
- Englishearliest quotation 2005sixty
Earliest quotation: 2005, Henry Alford, Not a Word: “[…]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then…”
Formed from six + -ty
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs
Proto-Germanic *sehs
Proto-West Germanic *sehs
Old English six
Middle English six
English six
Linked words
through Old English sixtiġ
Today it means
num The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz / sixty