Where does “doscientos” come from?
doscientos (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish dozientos, from Latin ducentōs, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
doscientos (Spanish): two hundred
Definitions
- two hundred
Ancestry of “doscientos”, step by step
doscientos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish dozientos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | dozientos | — |
| 2 | Latin | ducentōs | — |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Spanish cientos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cientos | plural of ciento; hundreds |