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
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vingt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →