Where does “sextante” come from?

sextante (Galician) comes from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sextante (Galician): sextant; sector with an angle of 60°

Definitions

  1. sextant; sector with an angle of 60°

Ancestry of “sextante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextānsa sixth
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →