Where does “quarantottore” come from?

quarantottore (Italian) comes from Italian quarantotto, 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 — and.

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Definitions

  1. A small suitcase suitable for a journey of only a...

Ancestry of “quarantottore”, step by step

quarantottore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian quarantotto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquarantottoforty-eight; The year 1848, especially with...
2Italianquarantaforty
3Late Latinquarranta—
4Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Italian ore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoreplural of ora; hours
2Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
3Proto-Hellenic*worā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →