Where does “septante” come from?
septante (Walloon) comes from Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā, from Latin septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European septm̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥-dḱomt — seven-ten.
septante (Walloon): seventy
Ancestry of “septante”, step by step