Where does “sesqui-” come from?

sesqui- (English) comes from Latin sēsqui-, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sesqui- (English): 1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2

Definitions

  1. 1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2

Ancestry of “sesqui-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēsqui-1½; 1½ times, increased by 50%
2Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
3Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “sesqui-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Latin -queEvery word from Latin sēsqui-