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Where does “Cinquecentist” come from?

Cinquecentist (English) comes from Italian cinquecentista, from Italian Cinquecento, from Italian cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

Cinquecentist (English): Of or pertaining to the art of Italy in the...

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  1. Of or pertaining to the art of Italy in the...

Ancestry of “Cinquecentist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancinquecentistasixteenth-century poet, writer, historian etc
2ItalianCinquecentosixteenth century
3Italiancentohundred
4Latincentuma hundred; 100
5Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
6Proto-Italic*foljom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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