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Where does “venticinque” come from?

venticinque (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.

venticinque (Italian): twenty-five

Definitions

  1. twenty-five

Ancestry of “venticinque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventitwenty; plural of vento
2Late Latinvĭnti—
3Latinvīgintī—
4Latinquīnque—
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “venticinque”

  • venticinquenne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →