Where does “sober” come from?

sober (Danish) comes from French sobre, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sober (Danish): sober (in character; moderate; realistic; serious)

Definitions

  1. sober (in character; moderate; realistic; serious)

Ancestry of “sober”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsobresober; modest
2Old Frenchsobre—
3Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sober”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →