Where does “sextarius” come from?

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

sextarius (English): A Roman measure of capacity, one sixth of a...

Definitions

  1. A Roman measure of capacity, one sixth of a...

Ancestry of “sextarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextariussextarius, the sixth part
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →