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
- 1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2
Ancestry of “sesqui-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sēsqui- | — |
| 2 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
Words derived from “sesqui-”