Etymology

sixth

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Today it means: The ordinal form of the number six. Full definition →

Middle English sixte ← Old English siexta ← Proto-Germanic *sehstô
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sehstô
  2. Old English · inherited fromsiexta
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsixte
  4. English todaysixth

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

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