Etymograph

English

sice

Sice comes from Middle English sys ‘Cinque’, from Old French sis ‘six’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs1‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seks2reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsex1‘six’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sis3‘six’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sys3‘Cinque’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1680sice3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old French sis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin sex
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English sice
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1680, Thomas Godwyn, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta: “In their common game, the most fortunate throw is…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱsWiktionary, Old French sis‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seksWiktionary, Latin sexreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsexWiktionary, Old French sis‘six’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sisWiktionary, English sice‘six’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sysWiktionary, English sice‘Cinque’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1680siceWiktionary, English sice. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1680, Thomas Godwyn, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta: “In their common game, the most fortunate throw is…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

six, hexane, 15 more

Today it means

noun The number six in a game of dice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sice”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Old French sis, Latin sex. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs / sice

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