Where does “nonante-cinq” come from?

nonante-cinq (French) comes from French cinq, from Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

nonante-cinq (French): ninety-five

Definitions

  1. ninety-five

Ancestry of “nonante-cinq”, step by step

nonante-cinq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cinq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcinqfive
2Middle Frenchcinqfive
3Old Frenchcincfive
4Vulgar Latincinquefive
5Latinquīnquefive; 5
6Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via French nonante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnonanteninety
2Old Frenchnonanteninety
3Latinnonagintaninety; 90
4Latinnūnāgintā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥(d)ḱomtnine tens
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →