Where does “octante et un” come from?

octante 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.

octante et un (French): eighty-one

Definitions

  1. eighty-one

Ancestry of “octante et un”, step by step

octante 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 octante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoctanteeighty
2Latinoctōgintāeighty; 80
3Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtódḱomteighty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱto(w)-dḱomteight-ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos