sixteen
/ˈsɪks.tiːn/ · num
Meaning
- The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Etymology / origin
Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.
- seksten(Danish)→
- sechzehn(German)→
- zestien(Dutch)→
- sechstjin(West Frisian)→
- *sehstehun(gem-pro)→
- sixtīene(ang)→
- sextene(Middle English)→
- sextene(Middle English)→
- sixteen (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- sechtzane(Cimbrian) (cog)
- zèchsane(Cimbrian) (cog)
- zèchsante(Cimbrian) (cog)
- zestien(Dutch) (cog)
- sechzehn(German) (cog)
- sechtzay(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- sechzeh(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- sexzeh(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- sikistin(Tok Pisin) (der)
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