Where does “cinquemila” come from?

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

cinquemila (Italian): five thousand

Definitions

  1. five thousand

Ancestry of “cinquemila”, step by step

cinquemila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cinque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancinquefive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Italian mila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmilaplural of mille
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →