köken: Inherited from Old Spanish novaenta, from Vulgar Latin *nōvāgintā, from Latin nōnāgintā (blended with novem (“nine”)), from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”).
köken: From Vulgar Latin *nōvāgintā, from Latin nōnāgintā (blended with novem (“nine”)), from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”).
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic девѧносъто (devęnosŭto), attested since 12th c., of unclear origin. With no parallels outside East Slavic—other Slavic branches point to *devętь desętъ (literally “nine tens”)—likely to be a late dialectal innovation (even more so considering that the higher decades are less frequent and more prone to innovations). Many explanations have been proposed and recently…
köken: From earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Italic *nounagm̥ta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta).