Where does “vint-i-un” come from?

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

vint-i-un (Catalan): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “vint-i-un”, step by step

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

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

via Catalan un

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

Words derived from “vint-i-un

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