Where does “Sexte” come from?

Sexte (German) comes from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Sexte (German): A sixth; an interval of 8 (kleine Sexte, minor sixth) or 9 (große Sexte, major sixth) semitones

Definitions

  1. A sixth; an interval of 8 (kleine Sexte, minor sixth) or 9 (große Sexte, major sixth) semitones

Ancestry of “Sexte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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