Where does “sextain” come from?

sextain (English) comes from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sextain (English): A stanza of six lines; a sestine

Definitions

  1. A stanza of six lines; a sestine

Ancestry of “sextain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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