Where does “Sextant” come from?

Sextant (Dutch) comes from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Sextant (Dutch): Sextans

Definitions

  1. Sextans

Ancestry of “Sextant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextānsa sixth
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “Sextant”

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