Where does “sextante” come from?

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

sextante (Latin): ablative singular of sextāns

Definitions

  1. ablative singular of sextāns

Ancestry of “sextante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextansa sixth part of an as; the sixth part of the...
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →
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