六   Six   Six  

sextuor (group of six): sextette
sieste ('sixth hour [nap]'): siesta ★  Both English and French borrowed the word from Spanish; the sixth hour was the roman midday hour.
sexagénaire ('six [tens] of age'): sexagenarian, sexagenary
semestre (six months): semester
sextuple ('six-fold'): sextuple

★  The Greek prefix hexa- is used to express the number 6 as in hexagon (hexagone), hexahedron (hexaèdre)

★  Although identical and sharing the same remote origin, the English and French word 'six' have a different history. The former came through old German and the latter came through Latin.

Es seis (six)
It sei (six), sesto (sixth), seicento ('seventeenth century', seicento)

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百 Cent: Hundred
十 Dix: Ten
一 Un: One
甲 Premier: First
二 Deux: Two
三 Trois: Three
四 Quatre: Four
五 Cinq: Five
六 Six: Six
七 Sept: Seven
八 Huit: Eight
九 Neuf: Nine
千 Mille: Thousand

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