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Where does “seis” come from?

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

seis (Old Occitan): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “seis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seis”

  • sis
  • seixanta-sisè
  • cinquanta-sisè
  • sisè
  • vuitanta-sisè
  • vuitanta-sis
  • seixanta-sis
  • sis-cents
  • cinquanta-sis
  • setanta-sis
  • setanta-sisè
  • sis-centè
  • sièis
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