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Where does “sobrement” come from?

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

sobrement (French): soberly

Definitions

  1. soberly

Ancestry of “sobrement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsobresober; modest
2Old Frenchsobre—
3Latinsōbrius—
4Latinsē-—
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →