Where does “Septuagint” come from?

Septuagint comes from New Latin Septuaginta, referring to the Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures traditionally attributed to seventy Jewish translators.

Septuagint (English): The team of translators who produced the Septuagint

Definitions

  1. The team of translators who produced the Septuagint

Ancestry of “Septuagint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSeptuagintaSeptuagint ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek
2Latinseptuāgintā—
3Latinseptmāginta—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptm̥̄ḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥-dḱomtseven-ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt →Every word from Latin septmāginta →