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Where does “souaixante” come from?

souaixante (Norman) comes from Old French soissante, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

souaixante (Norman): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “souaixante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsoissantesixty
2Latinsexāgintā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten
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