Where does “septaga” come from?

septaga (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto sep, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

septaga (Esperanto): seven-day

Definitions

  1. seven-day

Ancestry of “septaga”, step by step

septaga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto sep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosepseven
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Esperanto tago

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotagoday
2Germantagsingular imperative of tagen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic septem →Every word from Latin Septem →