Where does “sept” come from?

sept (Middle French) comes from Old French set, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

sept (Middle French): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “sept”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsetseven; third-person singular present indicative...
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “sept”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic septem →Every word from Latin Septem →