Where does “cinquè” come from?
cinquè (Catalan) comes from Catalan cinc, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
cinquè (Catalan): fifth
Ancestry of “cinquè”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cinc | five; a castell built with five castellers on... |
| 2 | Latin | quīnque | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |