The story
- Akkadian · derived from𒋗𒅆“a unit of sixty”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσῶσσος
- English todaysossos
From Ancient Greek σῶσσος (sôssos), from Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (šūši, “a unit of sixty”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sossos
Today it means: A quantity of 60, such as a period of 60 years. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σῶσσος ← Akkadian 𒋗𒅆