Where does “quaresima” come from?

quaresima (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin quaresima, from Latin quadrāgēsima, from Latin quadrāgēsimus, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quaresima (Italian): Lent; Lenten fast

Definitions

  1. Lent; Lenten fast

Ancestry of “quaresima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinquaresimaLent
2LatinquadrāgēsimaLent, Christian fast of forty days
3Latinquadrāgēsimusfortieth
4Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quaresima”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- →