Where does “sesquialter” come from?

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

sesquialter (Latin): one and a half times

Definitions

one and a half times

Ancestry of “sesquialter”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	sēsqui-	1½; 1½ times, increased by 50%
2	Latin	-que	and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
3	Proto-Italic	-kʷe	and; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4	Proto-Indo-European	-kʷe	and; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “sesquialter”

sesquialter
sesquialteral
sesquialterous
sesquialtero

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Latin -que →Every word from Latin sēsqui- →