Where does “sixteenmo” come from?

sixteenmo (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.

sixteenmo (English): sextodecimo

Definitions

  1. sextodecimo

Ancestry of “sixteenmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsixteenThe cardinal number occurring after fifteen and...
2Middle EnglishsexteneAlternative form of sixtene
3Old Englishsixtīenesixteen
4Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →