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Where does “setentrión” come from?

setentrión (Galician) comes from Latin septentriō, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

setentrión (Galician): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “setentrión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseptentriō—
2LatinSeptem—
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →