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Where does “pentēcostē” come from?

pentēcostē (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστός, from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomth₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

Ancestry of “pentēcostē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπεντηκοστήPentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...
2Ancient Greekπεντηκοστόςfiftieth
3Ancient Greekπεντήκονταfifty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomth₂—
5Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
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