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Where does “sasenta” come from?

sasenta (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese sessenta, from Old Portuguese sesaenta, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

sasenta (Kabuverdianu): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “sasenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesessentasixty
2Old Portuguesesesaenta—
3Latinsexāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten
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