Where does “cinquanta-set” come from?

cinquanta-set (Catalan) comes from Catalan cinquanta, from Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

cinquanta-set (Catalan): fifty-seven

Definitions

  1. fifty-seven

Ancestry of “cinquanta-set”, step by step

cinquanta-set traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan cinquanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancinquantafifty
2Latinquīnquāgintāfifty; 50
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt
4Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt

via Catalan set

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansetseven; thirst
2Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

Words derived from “cinquanta-set

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomtEvery word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomtEvery word from Latin quīnquāgintā
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