Where does “sekstailla” come from?
sekstailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekstata, from English sext, from English sexting, from English sex, from English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta — to follow; to see; to say.
sekstailla (Finnish): to sext
Definitions
- to sext
Ancestry of “sekstailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekstata | to sext |
| 2 | English | sext | Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight; The... |
| 3 | English | sexting | The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually... |
| 4 | English | sex | A category into which sexually-reproducing... |
| 5 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 6 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 7 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 8 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 9 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 10 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |