The story
- Latin · derived fromsēstertius“two-and-a-half (asses)”
- Middle French · borrowed fromsesterce
- English todaysesterce
From Middle French sesterce, from Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsēstertius all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.