Where does “soisant” come from?
soisant (Réunion Creole French) comes from French soixante, from Old French soissante, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.
soisant (Réunion Creole French): sixty
Definitions
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Ancestry of “soisant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | soixante | sixty |
| 2 | Old French | soissante | sixty |
| 3 | Latin | sexāgintā | sixty; 60 |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sweḱsḱomt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs-dḱomt | six-ten |