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Where does “vingtaine” come from?

vingtaine (English) comes from French vingtaine, from French vingt, from Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vingtaine (English): A subdivision of a parish, corresponding to a...

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  1. A subdivision of a parish, corresponding to a...

Ancestry of “vingtaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchvingtaineAbout twenty
2Frenchvingttwenty
3Old Frenchvinttwenty
4Latinvīgintī—
5Latinquīnque—
6Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →