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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtieth
    Adverbial: sixty times
    Multiplier: sixtyfold
    Group collective: shock

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From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (sixty), equivalent to six +‎ -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (sixty), Saterland Frisian säkstich (sixty), West Frisian sechstich (sixty), Dutch zestig (sixty), German Low German sesstig (sixty), German sechzig (sixty), Swedish sextio (sixty), Norwegian seksti (sixty), Icelandic sextíu (sixty). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

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sixty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

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Middle English edit

Middle English numbers (edit)
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6
    Cardinal: sixty
    Ordinal: sixtithe

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Etymology edit

From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six +‎ -ty.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/

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sixty

  1. sixty

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  • English: sixty
  • Scots: sexty, saxty

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