Where does “sextāns” come from?

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

sextāns (Latin): a sixth

Definitions

  1. a sixth

Ancestry of “sextāns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexsix; 6
2Proto-Italicsekssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sextāns”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →