Where does “șesime” come from?

șesime (Romanian) comes from Romanian șase, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

șesime (Romanian): a sixth one of six equal parts of a whole

Definitions

  1. a sixth one of six equal parts of a whole

Ancestry of “șesime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșasesix
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →