Where does “ochenta” come from?
ochenta (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu oitenta, from Portuguese oitenta, from Old Portuguese oytenta, from Latin octāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European oktōḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European oḱto(w)-dḱomt — eight-ten.
ochenta (Papiamentu): eighty
Ancestry of “ochenta”, step by step