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Where does “quinquageni” come from?

quinquageni (Latin) comes from Latin quinquaginta, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

quinquageni (Latin): fifty each; fifty at a time

Definitions

  1. fifty each; fifty at a time

Ancestry of “quinquageni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquinquagintafifty; 50
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt—
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
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