Etymology

sextet

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Today it means: Any group of six people or things. Full definition →

French sextette ← Italian sestetto
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  1. Italian · derived fromsestetto
  2. French · derived fromsextette
  3. English todaysextet

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.

Words from the same roots

Italiansestetto all →

sestet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.