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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tridḱm̥th₂ (“thirty”), a variant form of Proto-Indo-European *tridḱómt (“thirty”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τριάκοντα (triákonta) and Sanskrit त्रिंशत् (triṃśát).
Pronunciation
Numeral
trīgintā (indeclinable)
- thirty; 30
Derived terms
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Descendants
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- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-gintā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
Further reading
- “triginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triginta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triginta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- triginta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.