DictionaryRoot: siex
Old English
siex
six
Forms
- siex
- six — The modern spelling and vowel developed later.
Origin
An ancient Indo-European number word inherited through Germanic.
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noun
sixth
One of six equal parts of a whole.
Etymology
The ordinal form of six also serves as a fraction-name. A sixth is one portion of a whole divided into six equal parts.