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Where does “novaenta” come from?

novaenta (Old Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin novaginta, from Latin nonaginta, from Latin nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

Ancestry of “novaenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinnovagintaninety
2Latinnonagintaninety; 90
3Latinnūnāgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥(d)ḱomtnine tens
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

Words derived from “novaenta”

  • noventa
  • nobenta
  • nobenta
  • nobenta
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