English
sextate
Sextate comes from Latin sextus ‘sixth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs‘six’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱstos‘sixth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekstos‘sixth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextus‘sixth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791sextate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs‘six’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱstos‘sixth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekstos‘sixth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsextus‘sixth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791sextate
Earliest quotation: 1791, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Apocalypſe Revealed: “Becauſe ſix ſignified Full, the Word to ſextate (to…”
The story
Latin sextus (‘sixth’) + English -ate; compare quintate, septimate, and decimate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’
Today it means
verb Reduce by one sixth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs / sextate