Where does “kvarcent” come from?

kvarcent (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

kvarcent (Esperanto): four hundred

Definitions

  1. four hundred

Ancestry of “kvarcent”, step by step

kvarcent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto cent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantocenthundred
2Latincentuma hundred; 100
3Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
4Proto-Italic*foljom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Esperanto kvar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokvarfour
2Latinquārtusfourth
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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