Where does “sesti” come from?

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

sesti (Italian): plural of sesto

Definitions

  1. plural of sesto

Ancestry of “sesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansestosixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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