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Where does “ventottenne” come from?

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

ventottenne (Italian): twenty-eight-year-old

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight-year-old

Ancestry of “ventottenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventottotwenty-eight
2Italianventitwenty; plural of vento
3Late Latinvĭnti—
4Latinvīgintī—
5Latinquīnque—
6Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →