Where does “sextile” come from?

sextile (English) comes from Latin sextīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sextile (English): Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two...

Definitions

  1. Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two...

Ancestry of “sextile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsextīlisOf August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sextile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →