Etymology

sixfold

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Today it means: Having six times as much or as many. Full definition →

Middle English sexfold ← Old English sixfeald
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  1. Old English · inherited fromsixfeald
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsexfold
  3. English todaysixfold

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.