Where does “quarante” come from?
quarante (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): forty
Definitions
- forty
Ancestry of “quarante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 2 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |