Where does “sesenta” come from?

sesenta (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu sasenta, from Portuguese sessenta, from Old Portuguese sesaenta, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt — six-ten.

sesenta (Papiamentu): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “sesenta”, step by step

sesenta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kabuverdianu sasenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianusasentasixty
2Portuguesesessentasixty
3Old Portuguesesesaenta—
4Latinsexāgintāsixty; 60
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱsḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱs-dḱomtsix-ten

via Spanish sesenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsesentasixty
2Old Spanishsessaentasixty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs-dḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱsḱomt →Every word from Latin sexāgintā →