Where does “nouăzeci” come from?
nouăzeci (Romanian) comes from Romanian nouă, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.
nouăzeci (Romanian): ninety
Definitions
- ninety
Ancestry of “nouăzeci”, step by step
nouăzeci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian nouă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nouă | nine; indefinite nominative feminine singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |