Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.  The game [...]

Old English seofon |Indo-european septm | Sanskrit SAPTA | Greek, Attic ‘EΠTA HEPTA | Latin SEPTEM | Italian sette | French sept | Spanish siete | Catalan and Provençal set | Portuguese setes | Romanian şapte | Rumansh siat | Sardinian sète | Old Germanic SIBUM | Dutch zeven | German sieben | Danish syv [...]

Old English eahta| Indo-european *OKTÔ(U) | Sanskrit ASHTA | Greek, Attic OKTΩ OKTÔ | Latin OCTO | Italian otto | French huit | Spanish ocho | Portuguese oito | Catalan vuit | Provençal oit | Romanian opt | Rumansh otg | Sardinian òto | Old Germanic AHTÔ | Dutch and German acht | Danish otte [...]

Old English nigon | Indo-european newn | Sanskrit nava | Greek, Attic ENNEA hennea | Latin novem | Archaic Latin nevin | Italian and Portuguese nove | French neuf | Spanish nueve | Catalan nou | Provençal nòu | Romanian nouă | Rumansh nov | Sardinian nòbe | Old Germanic niwun | Dutch negen | [...]

Old English tēn, tīen | Indo-european dekm(T) | Sanskrit dasa | Greek, Attic ΔEKA deka | Latin decem | Italian dieci | French dix | Spanish diez | Portugese dez | Catalan déu | Provençal dètz | Romanian zese | Rumanish diesch | Sardinian dèche | Old Germanic tehun | Dutch tien | German zehn [...]