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Where does “trente” come from?

trente (French) comes from Old French trente, from Latin trīgintā, from Proto-Indo-European tridḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European tri-, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

trente (French): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “trente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrentethirty
2Latintrīgintā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantridḱómtthirty
4Proto-Indo-Europeantri-three, threefold
5Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “trente”

  • trentaine
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