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Where does “octaginta” come from?

octaginta (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European oktōḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European oḱto(w)-dḱomt — eight-ten.

Ancestry of “octaginta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanoktōḱomt—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱto(w)-dḱomteight-ten
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