Where does “huitante” come from?
huitante (French) comes from Old French oitante, from Latin octāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European oktōḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European oḱto(w)-dḱomt — eight-ten.
huitante (French): eighty
Definitions
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Ancestry of “huitante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | oitante | Alternative form of uitante eighty |
| 2 | Latin | octāgintā | eighty; 80 |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | oktōḱomt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱto(w)-dḱomt | eight-ten |