Where does “sextant” come from?

sextant (Romanian) comes from French sextant, from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sextant (Romanian): sextant

Definitions

  1. sextant

Ancestry of “sextant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsextantsextant
2Latinsextānsa sixth
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sextant”

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