Where does “quaranta-u” come from?
quaranta-u (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.
quaranta-u (Catalan): forty-one
Definitions
- forty-one
Ancestry of “quaranta-u”, step by step
quaranta-u traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan quaranta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | quaranta | forty |
| 2 | Old Catalan | quaranta | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | quaranta | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |