Where does “vint-i-dos” come from?

vint-i-dos (Catalan) comes from Catalan dos, from Old Catalan dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

vint-i-dos (Catalan): twenty-two

Definitions

  1. twenty-two

Ancestry of “vint-i-dos”, step by step

vint-i-dos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan dos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandostwo; torre; One of a pair of castellers in the...
2Old Catalandos—
3Vulgar Latindossum—
4Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
5Proto-Italicdorsom—

via Catalan vint

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

via Catalan i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalaniThe Latin letter I; and; used to connect two...
2Old Catalane—

Words derived from “vint-i-dos”

Every word from Proto-Italic dorsom →Every word from Latin dorsum →Every word from Vulgar Latin dossum →