Where does “stioro” come from?

stioro (Italian) comes from Italian staiolo, from Italian staio, from Latin sextarius, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

stioro (Italian): A unit of measure employed in Florence,...

Definitions

  1. A unit of measure employed in Florence,...

Ancestry of “stioro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstaiolo—
2Italianstaiobushel; An ancient unit of surface area
3Latinsextariussextarius, the sixth part
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →