Where does “sexto” come from?

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

sexto (English): A book consisting of sheets each of which is...

Definitions

  1. A book consisting of sheets each of which is...

Ancestry of “sexto”, 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 →