Where does “sixties” come from?
Sixties comes from Middle English sixty, the plural or nominal form of the number denoting groups of sixty units.
sixties (English): plural of sixty; API pl; Alternative letter-case...
Definitions
- plural of sixty; API pl; Alternative letter-case...
Ancestry of “sixties”, step by step
sixties traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sixty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sixty | The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine... |
| 2 | Middle English | sixty | — |
| 3 | Old English | sixtiġ | sixty |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sehs tigiwiz | sixty |
via English Sixties
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sixties | API pl; The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc; A... |