Where does “ventitrés” come from?

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

ventitrés (Asturian): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “ventitrés”, step by step

ventitrés traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Asturian venti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianventitwenty; 20
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Asturian trés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiantrésthree
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →