six-bedroom
Meaning
Having or containing six bedrooms.
Structure
Usage
They are looking for a six-bedroom house in the countryside.
The newly built mansion is a spacious six-bedroom property.
The rental listing described it as a six-bedroom apartment suitable for a large family.
Etymology
The word is a modern English compound adjective formed by directly combining the cardinal number 'six' with the noun 'bedroom'. The number 'six' traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root s(w)eḱs, which is remarkably stable across Indo-European languages, giving rise to Latin 'sex', Greek 'hex', and the Germanic forms. 'Bedroom' itself is a transparent compound from Old English elements describing a 'sleeping space'. The logic of 'six-bedroom' is purely descriptive and compositional, following the common English pattern of number-noun compounds used attributively to specify a quantity of a particular feature, in this case, defining a property by its count of sleeping chambers.
Analysis
'six' is from Old English 'siex', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'zes' and German 'sechs', from an Indo-European root shared by Latin 'sex' and Greek 'hex'. It functions as a numerical quantifier. 'bedroom' is a compound noun from 'bed' (Old English 'bedd', a place for sleeping) and 'room' (Old English 'rūm', space). In this compound adjective, it functions as the object being quantified.