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Where does “cinquanta-novè” come from?

cinquanta-novè (Catalan) comes from Catalan cinquanta-nou, from Catalan nou, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.

cinquanta-novè (Catalan): fifty-ninth

Definitions

  1. fifty-ninth

Ancestry of “cinquanta-novè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancinquanta-noufifty-nine
2Catalannounew; nine; nut
3Latinnovemnine; 9; first-person singular present active...
4LatinnovoI make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;...
5Proto-Italicnowāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéweh₂tito renew
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
8Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to
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