Where does “cinquanta-un” come from?

cinquanta-un (Catalan) comes from Catalan cinquanta, from Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

cinquanta-un (Catalan): fifty-one

Definitions

  1. fifty-one

Ancestry of “cinquanta-un”, step by step

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

via Catalan cinquanta

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

via Catalan un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanunan; the indefinite article; some; one
2Latinūnum

Words derived from “cinquanta-un

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomtEvery word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomtEvery word from Latin quīnquāgintā