Where does “sexto” come from?

sexto (Spanish) comes from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sexto (Spanish): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “sexto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sexto”

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