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Where does “sei” come from?

sei (Italian) comes from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sei (Italian): six; second-person singular indicative present of...

Definitions

  1. six; second-person singular indicative present of...

Ancestry of “sei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexsix; 6
2Proto-Italicsekssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sei”

  • centosei
  • trentasei
  • trentaseienne
  • settantaseienne
  • ottantaseienne
  • ventisei
  • ventiseienne
  • ottantasei
  • seienne
  • settantasei
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →