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-dḱomtEvery word from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomtEvery word from Latin septmāginta