Where does “sexvirate” come from?
sexvirate (English) comes from Latin sexviratus, from Latin sexvir, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
sexvirate (English): A group of six men, "especially" a council of...
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Ancestry of “sexvirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sexviratus | sexvirate |
| 2 | Latin | sexvir | sexvir |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
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