Where does “siesta” come from?

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

siesta (Spanish): siesta, nap

Definitions

  1. siesta, nap

Ancestry of “siesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsiestanoon; midday
2LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
3LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “siesta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs