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Where does “sixte” come from?

sixte (Middle French) comes from Old French siste, from Old French sexte, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “sixte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsiste—
2Old Frenchsexte—
3LatinSextus—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →