Where does “LVIII” come from?
LVIII (Translingual) comes from Translingual VIII, from Translingual III, from Translingual i, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Ancestry of “LVIII”, step by step
LVIII traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual VIII
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | VIII | — |
| 2 | Translingual | III | Ⅲ, the Roman numeral three (3) |
| 3 | Translingual | i | cardinal number one; minor tonic triad |
| 4 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 5 | Old French | i | there |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Translingual l
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | l | — |
| 2 | English | liquid | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no... |
| 3 | Middle English | liquide | liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained |
| 4 | Old French | liquide | liquid |
| 5 | Latin | liquidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,... |
| 6 | Latin | liqueō | to be liquid, fluid |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wlikʷēō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wleykʷ- | moist, to wet |