Where does “huitante et un” come from?

huitante et un (French) comes from French un, from Middle French un, from Old French un, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

huitante et un (French): eighty-one

Definitions

  1. eighty-one

Ancestry of “huitante et un”, step by step

huitante et un traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchunan, a; one
2Middle Frenchuna, an; one
3Old Frenchuna, an; one
4Latinūnusone, single
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via French et

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchetand
2Middle Frenchetand
3Old Frenchetand
4Latinetand; plus; though, even if
5Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via French huitante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuitanteeighty
2Old FrenchoitanteAlternative form of uitante eighty
3Latinoctāgintāeighty; 80
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoktōḱomt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱto(w)-dḱomteight-ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos