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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.

Ancestry of “Septuagint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSeptuaginta—
2Latinseptuāgintā—
3Latinseptmāginta—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptm̥̄ḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥-dḱomtseven-ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt →