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Where does “huitantième” come from?

huitantième (French) comes from French huitante, from Old French oitante, from Latin octāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European oktōḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European oḱto(w)-dḱomt — eight-ten.

huitantième (French): eightieth

Definitions

  1. eightieth

Ancestry of “huitantième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuitanteeighty
2Old FrenchoitanteAlternative form of uitante eighty
3Latinoctāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoktōḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱto(w)-dḱomteight-ten
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