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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
4LatinSextus—
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →