Where does “siesta” come from?

siesta (Chavacano) comes from Spanish siesta, from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

siesta (Chavacano): siesta; noon nap; noon break

Definitions

  1. siesta; noon nap; noon break

Ancestry of “siesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsiestasiesta, nap
2Old Spanishsiestanoon; midday
3LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →