Where does “setenta” come from?
setenta (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish setaenta, from Latin septuāgintā, from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.
setenta (Spanish): seventy
Definitions
- seventy
Ancestry of “setenta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | setaenta | — |
| 2 | Latin | septuāgintā | — |
| 3 | Latin | septmāginta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | septm̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | septḿ̥-dḱomt | seven-ten |