Where does “sesto” come from?

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

sesto (Italian): sixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...

Definitions

  1. sixth; pair of compasses; layout, due place,...

Ancestry of “sesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sesto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →