Where does “sixth” come from?

Sixth comes from Middle English sixte, Old English siexta, and Proto-Germanic sehstô, ultimately derived from the cardinal number six.

sixth (English): The ordinal form of the number six; The person or...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number six; The person or...

Ancestry of “sixth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsixtObsolete spelling of sixth
2Middle Englishsixtesixth; A sixth; something which is sixth; A...
3Old Englishsiextasixth
4Proto-Germanicsehstôsixth

Words derived from “sixth”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstô →Every word from Old English siexta →Every word from Middle English sixte →