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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
1LatinSextus—
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sexta”

  • siesta
  • sext
  • sexte
  • sextee
  • sexting
  • sexter
  • siestica
  • siesta
  • siesta
  • sieste
  • sesta
  • sexta-feira
  • siesta
  • siesto
  • σιέστα
  • sexta feira
  • siesto
  • siestar
  • սիեստա
  • sesta
  • sesta feira
  • siesta
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