Where does “sexcentenary” come from?
sexcentenary (English) comes from English centenary, from Latin centēnārius, from Latin centenus, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
sexcentenary (English): Of or pertaining to the number six hundred, or to...
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- Of or pertaining to the number six hundred, or to...
Ancestry of “sexcentenary”, step by step
sexcentenary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English centenary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | centenary | Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100... |
| 2 | Latin | centēnārius | containing a hundred |
| 3 | Latin | centenus | one hundred |
| 4 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English sex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sex | A category into which sexually-reproducing... |
| 2 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 3 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 4 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 5 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 6 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 7 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |