Where does “sestet” come from?

sestet (English) comes from Italian sestetto, from Italian sesto, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sestet (English): A piece of music composed for six voices or six...

Definitions

  1. A piece of music composed for six voices or six...

Ancestry of “sestet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansestettosextet
2Italiansestosixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...
3LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →