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Where does “sobriedad” come from?

sobriedad (Spanish) comes from Latin sōbrietās, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sobriedad (Spanish): sobriety, temperance

Definitions

  1. sobriety, temperance

Ancestry of “sobriedad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōbrietās—
2Latinsōbrius—
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →