Etymology

Sistine

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. Full definition →

Italian sistino ← New Latin sixtīnus ← Latin Sextus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromSextus
  2. New Latin · derived fromsixtīnus
  3. Italian · borrowed fromsistino
  4. English todaySistine

Borrowed from Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtīnus, from the Medieval Latin name Sixtus, from Latin Sextus.

Words from the same roots

LatinSextus all →

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