Where does “kvinono” come from?

kvinono (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kvin, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

kvinono (Esperanto): a fifth

Definitions

  1. a fifth

Ancestry of “kvinono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokvinfive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →