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Where does “nonante” come from?

nonante (French) comes from Old French nonante, from Latin nonaginta, from Latin nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

nonante (French): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “nonante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnonanteninety
2Latinnonagintaninety; 90
3Latinnūnāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥(d)ḱomtnine tens
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

Words derived from “nonante”

  • nonantième
  • nonantièmement
  • nonante-et-un
  • nonante-et-unième
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