Where does “siesta” come from?

siesta (Old Spanish) comes from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

siesta (Old Spanish): noon; midday

Definitions

  1. noon; midday

Ancestry of “siesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
2LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “siesta”

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