Where does “sixte” come from?

sixte (French) comes from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, from Old French sexte, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sixte (French): Interval of six notes; sixte; Sixth part of a...

Definitions

  1. Interval of six notes; sixte; Sixth part of a...

Ancestry of “sixte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsixte
2Old Frenchsistesixth ordinal adjective
3Old Frenchsexte
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sixte

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs
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