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Where does “trinta” come from?

trinta (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish treinta, from Old Spanish treyenta, from Latin trīgintā, from Proto-Indo-European tridḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European tri-, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

trinta (Papiamentu): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “trinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtreintathirty
2Old Spanishtreyenta—
3Latintrīgintā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantridḱómtthirty
5Proto-Indo-Europeantri-three, threefold
6Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →