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Where does “octingeni” come from?

octingeni (Latin) comes from Latin octingenti, 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-.

octingeni (Latin): eight hundred each; eight hundred at a time

Definitions

  1. eight hundred each; eight hundred at a time

Ancestry of “octingeni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoctingentieight hundred; 800
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-—
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