Where does “sextate” come from?

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

sextate (English): Reduce "by" one sixth; Reduce "to" one sixth;...

Definitions

  1. Reduce "by" one sixth; Reduce "to" one sixth;...

Ancestry of “sextate”, step by step

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