Where does “sē-” come from?

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

sē- (Latin): apart-; aside-; away

Definitions

  1. apart-; aside-; away

Ancestry of “sē-”, step by step

sē- traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sex

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

via Proto-Indo-European swé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*s(w)ēd—

Words derived from “sē-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →