Where does “sestiere” come from?

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

sestiere (Italian): Once, any of six subdivisions of several Italian...

Definitions

  1. Once, any of six subdivisions of several Italian...

Ancestry of “sestiere”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →