Where does “sēsqui-” come from?

sēsqui- (Latin) comes from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sēsqui- (Latin): 1½; 1½ times, increased by 50%

Definitions

  1. 1½; 1½ times, increased by 50%

Ancestry of “sēsqui-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
2Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “sēsqui-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Latin -queEvery word from Proto-Italic -kʷe