Where does “sekstanto” come from?

sekstanto (Esperanto) comes from Russian секстант, from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekstanto (Esperanto): sextant

Definitions

  1. sextant

Ancestry of “sekstanto”, step by step

sekstanto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian секстант

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсекстантsextant
2Latinsextānsa sixth
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via French sextant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsextantsextant

via German Sextant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSextantsextant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →