Where does “seiseme” come from?

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

seiseme (Old French): sixth; a sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth; a sixth

Ancestry of “seiseme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
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 →