Where does “sixty” come from?

Sixty comes from Middle English sixty, from Old English hundsēofantig meaning "seven times ten."

sixty (English): The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine...

Definitions

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine...

Ancestry of “sixty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsixty—
2Old Englishsixtiġsixty
3Proto-Germanicsehs tigiwizsixty

Words derived from “sixty”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz →Every word from Old English sixtiġ →Every word from Middle English sixty →