Where does “seiscientos” come from?
seiscientos (Spanish) comes from Latin sescenti, 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
seiscientos (Spanish): six hundred
Definitions
- six hundred
Ancestry of “seiscientos”, step by step
seiscientos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sescenti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sescenti | six hundred; 600 |
| 2 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Spanish seis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | seis | six |
via Spanish cientos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cientos | plural of ciento; hundreds |