Words that come from Proto-Italic “seks”
400 words across 75 languages descend from Proto-Italic seks — including semester, sexy, siesta, sextant, sax, bisect, bisector, sixfold.
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English (72)
- semester
- sexy
- siesta
- sextant
- sax
- bisect
- bisector
- sixfold
- sexiness
- sextet
- sestet
- sextile
- sexto
- sexily
- sestina
- sice
- unsexy
- sextuple
- sext
- bissextile
- sixte
- sextillion
- midsemester
- sexennial
- supersexy
- Sextans
- sextuplet
- sextodecimo
- sextary
- semestral
- sextarius
- semisextile
- sextain
- sexangular
- sextans
- Maymester
- sextuply
- sextuplicate
- semesterly
- sextillionth
- sexdecillion
- semestered
- nonsexy
- postsemester
- unsexiness
- sextantal
- sexennially
- sextual
- sextate
- senocular
- sexangle
- sexangularly
- subsextuple
- sexa-
- smexy
- smexily
- bissextile year
- bissextile month
- sexy prime
- sextillionfold
- unsexily
- antisextet
- sixfoldness
- sedecimarticulate
- sexter
- sextually
- semisexy
- sextee
- cybersexy
- semestre
- sexte
- sexvirate
Italian (42)
- sestetto
- sesto
- sestina
- sei
- seicento
- sexy
- siesta
- sessenne
- sestiere
- sedici
- Seicento
- seicentesco
- sedicenne
- sestuplo
- seienne
- assestare
- assestamento
- ventisei
- ventiseienne
- centosei
- trentasei
- trentaseienne
- settantasei
- settantaseienne
- ottantasei
- ottantaseienne
- sestaio
- staio
- bisex
- emisemestre
- semestre
- riassestare
- riassestamento
- assestato
- assestatamente
- Sezze
- assestatezza
- sesterno
- staiolo
- stioro
- sestine
- sesti
Latin (40)
- bisextilis
- bisextus
- sextus
- sex
- seni
- sexangulus
- sexangularis
- sexennium
- sextarius
- sextusdecimus
- sexennis
- Sextus
- sexta
- semestris
- sextans
- sextilis
- sedecim
- feria sexta
- senarius
- sescenti
- sescentae
- sescenta
- sescentesimus
- sesceni
- sexmaculatus
- sexdentatus
- Sextilius
- senis
- sextante
- sextula
- sexte
- sēnī
- sextīlis
- sextāns
- sē-
- semenstris
- sexvir
- sexviratus
- sextuplus
- sextuplicare