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Where does “quinquagesimal” come from?

quinquagesimal (English) comes from Latin quinquagesimus, from Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

quinquagesimal (English): Relating to a set of 50

Definitions

  1. Relating to a set of 50

Ancestry of “quinquagesimal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquinquagesimusfiftieth; fifty-year-old
2Latinquīnquāgintā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt—
4Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
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