Where does “cinquantasette” come from?

cinquantasette (Italian) comes from Italian sette, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

cinquantasette (Italian): fifty-seven

Definitions

  1. fifty-seven

Ancestry of “cinquantasette”, step by step

cinquantasette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansetteseven; plural of setta
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Italian cinquanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancinquantafifty
2Latinquīnquāgintāfifty; 50
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt—
4Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic septem →Every word from Latin Septem →