Where does “quinque” come from?

quinque (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

quinque (Latin): five; 5

Definitions

  1. five; 5

Ancestry of “quinque”, step by step

quinque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via French quinquet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquinquetoil lamp, Argand lamp; peeper, eye

Words derived from “quinque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →