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Where does “vigèsim” come from?

vigèsim (Catalan) comes from Latin vigesimus, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vigèsim (Catalan): twentieth; A twentieth share of a lottery ticket

Definitions

  1. twentieth; A twentieth share of a lottery ticket

Ancestry of “vigèsim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvigesimusAlternative form of vicesimus; twentieth
2Latinvīgintī—
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →