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Where does “septuāgintā” come from?

septuāgintā (Latin) comes from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.

Ancestry of “septuāgintā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseptmāginta—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseptm̥̄ḱomt—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥-dḱomtseven-ten
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