Where does “seksta” come from?

seksta (Polish) comes from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seksta (Polish): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “seksta”, 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
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