Where does “siste” come from?

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

siste (Old French): sixth ordinal adjective

Definitions

  1. sixth ordinal adjective

Ancestry of “siste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsexte—
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “siste”

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