Where does “sekstetti” come from?

sekstetti (Finnish) comes from French sextette, from Italian sestetto, from Italian sesto, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekstetti (Finnish): sextet

Definitions

  1. sextet

Ancestry of “sekstetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsextette
2Italiansestettosextet
3Italiansestosixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Proto-Italic seksEvery word from Latin sex
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