Where does “sexangulus” come from?
sexangulus (Latin) comes from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
sexangulus (Latin): hexagonal
Ancestry of “sexangulus”, step by step
sexangulus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via Latin Angulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |
Words derived from “sexangulus”