Where does “sextuple” come from?

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

sextuple (English): a sixfold amount; Having six parts; Being six...

Definitions

  1. a sixfold amount; Having six parts; Being six...

Ancestry of “sextuple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sextuple”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →
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