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Where does “cinquantacinque” come from?

cinquantacinque (Italian) comes from Italian cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cinquantacinque (Italian): fifty-five

Definitions

  1. fifty-five

Ancestry of “cinquantacinque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancinquefive
2Latinquīnque—
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “cinquantacinque”

  • cinquantacinquenne
  • ultracinquantacinquenne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →