Where does “Sexagesimalsystem” come from?

Sexagesimalsystem (German) comes from German sexagesimal, from Latin sexagesimalis, from Latin sexāgēsimus, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

Sexagesimalsystem (German): sexagesimal, sexagenary, base 60

Definitions

  1. sexagesimal, sexagenary, base 60

Ancestry of “Sexagesimalsystem”, step by step

Sexagesimalsystem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sexagesimal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansexagesimalsexagesimal, based on the number sixty
2Latinsexagesimalis—
3Latinsexāgēsimussixtieth
4Latinsexāgintāsixty; 60
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten

via German System

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSystemsystem; period
2Latinsystēmasystem
3Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt →Every word from Latin sexāgintā →