Where does “vint-i-vuit” come from?

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

vint-i-vuit (Catalan): twenty-eight

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight

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

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

via Catalan vint

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

via Catalan vuit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvuiteight
2Latinoctōeight; 8
3Proto-Italicoktōeight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Catalan i

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

Words derived from “vint-i-vuit”

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