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Where does “quadraginta” come from?

quadraginta (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Ancestry of “quadraginta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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