Words that come from Latin “sextus”

82 words across 18 languages descend from Latin sextus — including siesta, sextet, sestet, sextile, sexto, sestina, sextuple, sext.

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English (22)

Italian (19)

Latin (13)

Old Portuguese (5)

French (4)

Portuguese (4)

Catalan (2)

Ido (2)

Spanish (2)

Manx (1)

Armenian (1)

Galician (1)

Greek (1)

Ligurian (1)

Esperanto (1)

Finnish (1)

Romansch (1)

Old French (1)