Where does “eighty-sixth” come from?

eighty-sixth (English) comes from English eighty-six, from English Six, from Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

eighty-sixth (English): The ordinal form of the number eighty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 86 of a sequence

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 86 of a sequence

Ancestry of “eighty-sixth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisheighty-sixThe cardinal number immediately following...
2EnglishSixintelligence service
3Middle Englishsixsix
4Old Englishsixsix
5Proto-West Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Germanicsehssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →