Where does “sobriété” come from?

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

sobriété (French): reservedness; moderation

Definitions

  1. reservedness; moderation

Ancestry of “sobriété”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōbrietāssobriety
2Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →