Where does “trecento” come from?

trecento (Italian) comes from Italian cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

trecento (Italian): three hundred

Definitions

  1. three hundred

Ancestry of “trecento”, step by step

trecento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancentohundred
2Latincentuma hundred; 100
3Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
4Proto-Italic*foljom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Italian tre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrethree
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-
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