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Where does “centotrentasettenne” come from?

centotrentasettenne (Italian) comes from Italian centotrentasette, from Italian cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

centotrentasettenne (Italian): one hundred-and-thirty-seven-year-old

Definitions

  1. one hundred-and-thirty-seven-year-old

Ancestry of “centotrentasettenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancentotrentasetteone hundred and thirty-seven
2Italiancentohundred
3Latincentuma hundred; 100
4Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
5Proto-Italic*foljom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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