Where does “sixteenfold” come from?
sixteenfold (English) comes from English sixteen, from Middle English sextene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
sixteenfold (English): By a factor of sixteen
Ancestry of “sixteenfold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sixteen | The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and... |
| 2 | Middle English | sextene | Alternative form of sixtene |
| 3 | Old English | sixtīene | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sehstehun | sixteen |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |