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Where does “setenta” come from?

setenta (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese setenta, from Old Portuguese setaenta, from Latin septuāgintā, from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.

setenta (Kabuverdianu): seventy

Definitions

  1. seventy

Ancestry of “setenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesetentaseventy
2Old Portuguesesetaenta—
3Latinseptuāgintā—
4Latinseptmāginta—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseptm̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥-dḱomtseven-ten
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