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Where does “quarantième” come from?

quarantième (French) comes from French quarante, from Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quarantième (French): fortieth

Definitions

  1. fortieth

Ancestry of “quarantième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquaranteforty
2Old Frenchquaranteforty
3Late Latinquarranta—
4Latinquadrāgintā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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