Where does “septuāgēnus” come from?
septuāgēnus (Latin) comes from Latin septuāgintā, from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.
septuāgēnus (Latin): seventy each; seventy at a time
Definitions
- seventy each; seventy at a time
Ancestry of “septuāgēnus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | septuāgintā | — |
| 2 | Latin | septmāginta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | septm̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | septḿ̥-dḱomt | seven-ten |