Where does “ixième” come from?

ixième (French) comes from French -ième, from Middle French -iesme, from Old French -esme, from Latin -esimus.

ixième (French): nth, xth

Definitions

  1. nth, xth

Ancestry of “ixième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ième-st, -nd, and -th, the suffix denoting an ordinal...
2Middle French-iesmeth
3Old French-esme
4Latin-esimus
Every word from Latin -esimusEvery word from French -ièmeEvery word from Middle French -iesme
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