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Where does “quarante” come from?

quarante (Norman) comes from Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, 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.

quarante (Norman): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “quarante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquaranteforty
2Late Latinquarranta—
3Latinquadrāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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