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Where does “cinquanta-dos” come from?

cinquanta-dos (Catalan) comes from Catalan dos, from Old Catalan dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

cinquanta-dos (Catalan): fifty-two

Definitions

  1. fifty-two

Ancestry of “cinquanta-dos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandostwo; torre; One of a pair of castellers in the...
2Old Catalandos—
3Vulgar Latindossum—
4Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
5Proto-Italicdorsom—

Words derived from “cinquanta-dos”

  • cinquanta-dosè
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