Where does “sexta” come from?

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

sexta (Latin): Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...

Definitions

  1. Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...

Ancestry of “sexta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sexta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →