sixtene

Middle English

Alternative forms

sextene, sixetene, sexteen, sexten, cextene, syxtene, sixteen

Etymology

From Anglian Old English sixtēne (compare West Saxon siextīene), from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun; equivalent to six +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiksteːn(ə)/, /ˈsɛksteːn(ə)/

Numeral

cardinal number
16	Previous:	fiftene
16	Next:	seventene

sixtene

sixteen

Descendants

English: sixteen
Scots: saxteen

References

“sixtẹ̄n(e (num.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-19.

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