Where does “sobre” come from?

sobre (French) comes from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sobre (French): sober; modest

Definitions

  1. sober; modest

Ancestry of “sobre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsobre—
2Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sobre”

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