Where does “cinquanta-cinc” come from?

cinquanta-cinc (Catalan) comes from Catalan cinc, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cinquanta-cinc (Catalan): fifty-five

Definitions

  1. fifty-five

Ancestry of “cinquanta-cinc”, step by step

cinquanta-cinc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan cinc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancincfive; a castell built with five castellers on...
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Catalan cinquanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancinquantafifty
2Latinquīnquāgintāfifty; 50
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt
4Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt

Words derived from “cinquanta-cinc

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quīnque