Where does “vingtaine” come from?

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

vingtaine (French): About twenty

Definitions

  1. About twenty

Ancestry of “vingtaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvingttwenty
2Old Frenchvinttwenty
3Latinvīgintītwenty
4Latinquīnquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vingtaine”

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