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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
1Latinvīgintī—
2Latinquīnque—
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “viginti-”

  • vigintillion
  • vigintillionth
  • unvigintillion
  • ۏيݢينتيليون
  • unvigintilion
  • vigintilion
  • اونۏيݢينتيليون
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