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Where does “sextement” come from?

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

sextement (Old French): sixthly

Definitions

  1. sixthly

Ancestry of “sextement”, step by step

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