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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷedḱomt (“five-ten”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) and Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát).
Pronunciation
Numeral
quīnquāgintā (indeclinable)
- fifty; 50
Derived terms
Descendants
Reflexes of the dissimilated variant cīnquāgintā:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
See also
References
- “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quinquaginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quinquaginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.