Where does “ventile” come from?

ventile (English) comes from Italian venti, from Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ventile (English): Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered...

Definitions

  1. Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered...

Ancestry of “ventile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventitwenty; plural of vento
2Late Latinvĭnti
3Latinvīgintītwenty
4Latinquīnquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe
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