Etymology

sexennium

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Today it means: A period of six years. Full definition →

Latin sexennium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsexennium
  2. English todaysexennium

From Latin sexennium, from sexennis (“6-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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