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Where does “quatre-vingts” come from?

quatre-vingts (French) comes from French quatre, from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quatre-vingts (French): eighty, 80

Definitions

  1. eighty, 80

Ancestry of “quatre-vingts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquatrefour
2Old Frenchquatrefour
3Latinquattŭor—
4Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5Old Portuguesequartoquarter
6Latinquārtus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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