Where does “nonante-huit” come from?

nonante-huit (French) comes from French huit, from Middle French huyct, from Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Italic oktō, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

nonante-huit (French): ninety-eight

Definitions

  1. ninety-eight

Ancestry of “nonante-huit”, step by step

nonante-huit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French huit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuiteight
2Middle Frenchhuycteight
3Old Frenchuiteight
4Latinoctōeight; 8
5Proto-Italicoktōeight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via French nonante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnonanteninety
2Old Frenchnonanteninety
3Latinnonagintaninety; 90
4Latinnūnāgintā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥(d)ḱomtnine tens
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Italic oktō →