sixty English · revision 15096

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɪk.sti/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|sixti]], [[inh|ang|sixtig]], also [[m|ang|siextig]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|ang|siex|t=six]] (see [[six]]) and [[m|ang|-tig|t=group of ten]] (see [[-ty]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Similar formations are [[non|sextugr]], [[ofs|sextich]], [[dum|sestig]], [[nl|zestig]], [[goh|sehszug]] and [[de|sechzig]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The number, with a noun: about 893.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The abstract number is from 1340.^(OED 1989) Sixty followed by a smaller numeral, as sixty-one, is from 1597,^(OED 1989) and the card game sixty-six from 1857.^(OED 1989) An obsolete sense was sixtieth (1483).^(OED 1989) American English ''like sixty'', with great force or speed, is by 1833, though why sixty is unclear.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 893 – sixty.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1340 – the abstract number.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1597 – sixty-one, etc.^(OED 1989)

+ * by 1833 – like sixty (US).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1857 – sixty-six (card game).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The cardinal number equal to six times ten.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A numeral, such as 60 or LX, representing this number.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''sixties'': the numbers from 60 to 69, as the years of a century or of a person's age.^(AHD)

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+ ===Determiner===

+ # Amounting to sixty: ''sixty soldiers''.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sixtieth]]

+ * [[sixtyish]]

+ * [[sixty-first]]

+ * [[sixty-four]]

+ * [[sixty-fourth]]

+ * [[sixty-fifth]]

+ * [[sixty-eight]]

+ * [[sixty-eighth]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[six]]

+ * [[sixteen]]

+ * [[-ty]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}