Where does “sis” come from?

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

sis (Old French): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →