Where does “soixante” come from?
soixante (French) comes from Old French soissante, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.
soixante (French): sixty
Definitions
- sixty
Ancestry of “soixante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | soissante | sixty |
| 2 | Latin | sexāgintā | sixty; 60 |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweḱsḱomt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs-dḱomt | six-ten |