Where does “sextīlis” come from?

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

sextīlis (Latin): Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar

Definitions

  1. Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar or eighth month of the Gregorian calendar

Ancestry of “sextīlis”, step by step

sextīlis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Sextus

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

via Latin ilis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinilisgenitive singular of īle; -ile
2Hungarianélésfood
3Hungarianélto live; to live in a particular state; to use...
4Proto-Ugricelɜedge

Words derived from “sextīlis”

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