Where does “viginti-” come from?

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

viginti- (English): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “viginti-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “viginti-”

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