Where does “quarantuno” come from?

quarantuno (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.

quarantuno (Italian): forty-one

Definitions

  1. forty-one

Ancestry of “quarantuno”, step by step

quarantuno 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 uno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianunoone; an, a; someone, a person
2Latinūnusone, single
3Old Latinoinosone
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →