Where does “novantasette” come from?

novantasette (Italian) comes from Italian novanta, from Vulgar Latin novaginta, from Latin nonaginta, from Latin nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

novantasette (Italian): ninety-seven

Definitions

  1. ninety-seven

Ancestry of “novantasette”, step by step

novantasette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian novanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannovantaninety
2Vulgar Latinnovagintaninety
3Latinnonagintaninety; 90
4Latinnūnāgintā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥(d)ḱomtnine tens
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via Italian sette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansetteseven; plural of setta
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt →Every word from Latin nūnāgintā →
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