Where does “sekstetto” come from?

sekstetto (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.

sekstetto (Finnish): sextet

Definitions

  1. sextet

Ancestry of “sekstetto”, 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

Words derived from “sekstetto”

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