Where does “sexto” come from?
sexto (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese sexto, from Latin sextus, from Latin sextilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sexto (Portuguese): sixth
Definitions
- sixth
Ancestry of “sexto”, step by step
sexto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese sexto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | sexto | — |
| 2 | Latin | sextus | sixth |
| 3 | Latin | sextilis | Of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar... |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Old Portuguese sesto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | sesto | — |
via Old Portuguese seisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | seisto | — |