six

Meaning

Noun

• The digit or figure 6.
• Rear, behind .
• An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
• A touchdown.
• Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

Origin

• From Middle English six, from Old English six, 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, Sanskrit षष्. sice.