Where does “sexageni” come from?

sexageni (Latin) comes from Latin sexaginta, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

sexageni (Latin): sixty each; sixty at a time

Definitions

  1. sixty each; sixty at a time

Ancestry of “sexageni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexagintasixty; 60
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomtEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomtEvery word from Latin sexaginta