Where does “octingenti” come from?
octingenti (Latin) comes 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-.
octingenti (Latin): eight hundred; 800
Definitions
- eight hundred; 800
Ancestry of “octingenti”, step by step
octingenti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin centum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |