Where does “venticinco” come from?
venticinco (Asturian) comes from Asturian cinco, from Old Leonese cinco, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
venticinco (Asturian): twenty-five
Definitions
- twenty-five
Ancestry of “venticinco”, step by step
venticinco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Asturian cinco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | cinco | five |
| 2 | Old Leonese | cinco | five |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cinque | five |
| 4 | Latin | quīnque | five; 5 |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via Asturian venti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asturian | venti | twenty; 20 |
| 2 | Latin | vīgintī | twenty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |