Where does “ventenne” come from?

ventenne (Italian) comes from Italian venti, from Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ventenne (Italian): twenty-year-old

Definitions

  1. twenty-year-old

Ancestry of “ventenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventitwenty; plural of vento
2Late Latinvĭnti—
3Latinvīgintītwenty
4Latinquīnquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →