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Where does “quaranta” come from?

quaranta (Catalan) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quaranta (Catalan): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “quaranta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “quaranta”

  • quaranta-sisè
  • quaranta-setè
  • quaranta-tres
  • quaranta-quatre
  • quaranta-cinc
  • quaranta-sis
  • quaranta-set
  • quaranta-vuit
  • quaranta-novè
  • quaranta-nou
  • quaranta-vuitè
  • quarantena
  • quaranta-un
  • quaranta-dos
  • quarantè
  • quaranta-u
  • quaranta-unè
  • quaranta-dosè
  • quaranta-tresè
  • quaranta-quatrè
  • quaranta-cinquè
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