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Where does “ventiséis” come from?

ventiséis (Asturian) comes from Asturian venti, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ventiséis (Asturian): twenty-six

Definitions

  1. twenty-six

Ancestry of “ventiséis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianventitwenty; 20
2Latinvīgintī—
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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