septi-

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 631 words | Copyright

septi- comb. form of L. septem SEVEN. septillion XVII. — F.; see BILLION. septuagenarian 70 years old XVIII; also sb. — L. septuagēnārius, f. distrib. septuagēnī, f. septuāgintā seventy; see -ARIAN.
So septuagenary XVII. Septuagesima third Sunday before Lent; †the seventy days beginning with this. XIV. — L. fem. of septuāgēsimus, ordinal of septuāgintā. Septuagint †the ‘seventy translators’ of the Old Testament into Greek XVI; the translation traditionally attributed to them XVII. — L. septuāgintā.

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