Where does “viginti” come from?

viginti (Interlingua) comes from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

viginti (Interlingua): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “viginti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīgintītwenty
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 →