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Where does “quarantè” come from?

quarantè (Catalan) comes from Catalan quaranta, from Old Catalan quaranta, from Old Occitan quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- — and.

quarantè (Catalan): fortieth

Definitions

  1. fortieth

Ancestry of “quarantè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanquarantaforty
2Old Catalanquaranta—
3Old Occitanquaranta—
4Late Latinquarranta—
5Latinquadrāgintā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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