Where does “sextary” come from?

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

sextary (English): An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about...

Definitions

  1. An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about...

Ancestry of “sextary”, 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 →