Where does “vīgintī” come from?

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

vīgintī (Latin): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vīgintī”, step by step

vīgintī traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quīnque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīnquefive; 5
2Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wih₁ḱm̥ti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwi(h₁)dḱm̥titwo tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten

via Proto-Indo-European wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós—

Words derived from “vīgintī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →