Etymograph

English

sextarius

Sextarius comes from Latin sextārius ‘one-sixth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱstos‘sixth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekstos‘sixth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextus‘sixth’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextārius‘one-sixth’
  6. Englishtodaysextarius

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱstos‘sixth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekstos‘sixth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextus‘sixth’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextārius‘one-sixth’
  6. Englishtodaysextarius

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

six, hexane, 15 more

Today it means

noun A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs / sextarius

Shirt and support for this word