Where does “vint” come from?

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

vint (Catalan): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vint”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →