Where does “sextette” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sextette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansestettosextet
2Italiansestosixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...
3LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sextette”

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