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
- eighty-one
Ancestry of “huitante et un”, step by step
huitante et un traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | un | an, a; one |
| 2 | Middle French | un | a, an; one |
| 3 | Old French | un | a, an; one |
| 4 | Latin | ūnus | one, single |
| 5 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
via French et
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | et | and |
| 2 | Middle French | et | and |
| 3 | Old French | et | and |
| 4 | Latin | et | and; plus; though, even if |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via French huitante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | huitante | eighty |
| 2 | Old French | oitante | Alternative form of uitante eighty |
| 3 | Latin | octāgintā | eighty; 80 |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | oktōḱomt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱto(w)-dḱomt | eight-ten |