șase (Romanian)

Where does "șase" come from?

The Romanian word 'șase' traces its roots back to the ancient Proto-Indo-European term *swéḱs, representing the number six. It passed through Proto-Italic as *seks before evolving into the Latin 'sex'. From there, it was inherited directly into Romanian, maintaining its meaning throughout thousands of years of linguistic history.

Full etymology tree

• șase (Romanian), 'six'
  • inherited sex (Latin), 'six; 6'
    • inherited *seks (Proto-Italic), 'six'
      • inherited *séḱs (Proto-Indo-European)
        • derived *wéḱs (Proto-Indo-European)
        • affix s-mobile (Proto-Indo-European)
          • influence *septḿ̥ (Proto-Indo-European), 'seven'

Ancestors

• sex (Latin)
• *swéḱs (Proto-Indo-European)

Descendants and derived words

• șaizeci (Romanian)

Updated July 2026

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