Where does “septain” come from?

septain (French) comes from French sept, from Middle French sept, from Old French set, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

septain (French): septet

Definitions

  1. septet

Ancestry of “septain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchseptseven
2Middle Frenchseptseven
3Old Frenchsetseven; third-person singular present indicative...
4LatinSeptemseven; 7
5Proto-Italicseptemseven
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic septem →Every word from Latin Septem →