Where does “siesta” come from?

siesta (Romansch) comes from Spanish siesta, from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

siesta (Romansch): nap

Definitions

  1. nap

Ancestry of “siesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsiestasiesta, nap
2Old Spanishsiestanoon; midday
3LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
4LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →