six

Meanings

1. 1
   num

   the number 6, coming after five and before seven

   There are six eggs left in the carton.

2. 2
   noun

   the number 6

   She wrote a large six at the top of the page.

PIE word *swéḱs From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.

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