Etymograph

English

sexfid

Sexfid comes from Latin sexifidus, from sex ‘six’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱs1‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seks1‘six’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsex2‘six’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsexifidus2
  5. Englishtodaysexfid2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sex
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sexfid

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéḱsWiktionary, Latin sex‘six’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*seksWiktionary, Latin sex‘six’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsexWiktionary, English sexfid‘six’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsexifidusWiktionary, English sexfid
  5. EnglishtodaysexfidWiktionary, English sexfid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

six, hexane, 15 more

Today it means

adj cleft into six

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sexfid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sex. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs / sexfid

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