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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sixty | The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine... |
| 2 | Middle English | sixty | — |
| 3 | Old English | sixtiġ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sehs tigiwiz | sixty |
Words derived from “sixties”