Where does “sextarius” come from?

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

sextarius (Latin): sextarius, the sixth part

Definitions

  1. sextarius, the sixth part

Ancestry of “sextarius”, 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 “sextarius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →