Where does “sieste” come from?

sieste (French) comes from Spanish siesta, from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sieste (French): siesta, a nap or rest during the hottest hours,...

Definitions

  1. siesta, a nap or rest during the hottest hours,...

Ancestry of “sieste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsiestasiesta, nap
2Old Spanishsiestanoon; midday
3LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sieste

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs
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