Where does “sextuplu” come from?

sextuplu (Romanian) comes from French sextuple, from Latin sextuplus, from Latin -plus, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

sextuplu (Romanian): sextuple

Definitions

  1. sextuple

Ancestry of “sextuplu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsextuplesextuple; two hundred fifty-sixth note;...
2Latinsextuplussixfold
3Latin-plus-fold
4Latinplicāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Latin -plus →