Where does “Cuaresma” come from?

Cuaresma (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish quaraesma, from Latin quadrāgēsima, from Latin quadrāgēsimus, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

Cuaresma (Spanish): Lent

Definitions

  1. Lent

Ancestry of “Cuaresma”, step by step

Cuaresma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish quaraesma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SpanishquaraesmaLent
2LatinquadrāgēsimaLent, Christian fast of forty days
3Latinquadrāgēsimusfortieth
4Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Latin quarēsima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquarēsima—

Words derived from “Cuaresma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- →