Where does “quingenta” come from?

quingenta (Latin) comes from Latin quīngentī, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

quingenta (Latin): nominative neuter of quīngentī; accusative neuter...

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter of quīngentī; accusative neuter...

Ancestry of “quingenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīngentīfive hundred; 500
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin quīngentī →