Where does “sextuply” come from?

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

sextuply (English): In a sextuple fashion

Definitions

  1. In a sextuple fashion

Ancestry of “sextuply”, step by step

sextuply traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sextuple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsextuplea sixfold amount; Having six parts; Being six...
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →