Where does “quaresmal” come from?

quaresmal (Catalan) comes from Catalan quaresma, from Latin quadrāgēsima, from Latin quadrāgēsimus, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quaresmal (Catalan): Lent; Lenten

Definitions

  1. Lent; Lenten

Ancestry of “quaresmal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanquaresmaLent period of penitence for Christians before Easter
2LatinquadrāgēsimaLent, Christian fast of forty days
3Latinquadrāgēsimusfortieth
4Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- →