The story
- Latin · borrowed fromsēsquialter
- English todaysesquialter
From Latin sēsquialter, from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsēsquialter all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sesquialter
Today it means: Synonym of sesquialterate, 1½ times. Full definition →
Latin sēsquialter