Where does “trentuno” come from?

trentuno (Italian) comes from Italian uno, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

trentuno (Italian): thirty-one

Definitions

  1. thirty-one

Ancestry of “trentuno”, step by step

trentuno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian uno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianunoone; an, a; someone, a person
2Latinūnusone, single
3Old Latinoinosone
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Italian trenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrentathirty
2Latintrīgintāthirty; 30
3Proto-Indo-Europeantridḱómtthirty
4Proto-Indo-Europeantri-three, threefold
5Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “trentuno”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Old Latin oinos →