Where does “Sextus” come from?

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

Sextus (Latin): particularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular

Definitions

  1. particularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular

Ancestry of “Sextus”, step by step

Sextus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexsix; 6
2Proto-Italicsekssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Proto-Italic *sekstos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*sekstossixth

Words derived from “Sextus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →