Where does “sextus” come from?

sextus (Latin) comes from Latin sextilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sextus (Latin): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “sextus”, step by step

sextus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sextilis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsextilisOf August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar...
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Latin sex

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

Words derived from “sextus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin sextilis →