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Where does “vingt” come from?

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

vingt (French): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vingt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvinttwenty
2Latinvīgintī—
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vingt”

  • vingtaine
  • vingtième
  • vingtaine
  • quatre-vingts
  • wein
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