Where does “sekstant” come from?

sekstant (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekstant (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sextant

Definitions

  1. a sextant

Ancestry of “sekstant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsextānsa sixth
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 →