Where does “quarantasette” come from?

quarantasette (Italian) comes from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

quarantasette (Italian): forty-seven

Definitions

  1. forty-seven

Ancestry of “quarantasette”, step by step

quarantasette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian quaranta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquarantaforty
2Late Latinquarranta—
3Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Italian sette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansetteseven; plural of setta
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →