Where does “vigeni” come from?
vigeni (Latin) comes from Latin viginti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.
vigeni (Latin): twenty each; twenty at a time
Definitions
- twenty each; twenty at a time
Ancestry of “vigeni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | viginti | twenty; 20 |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |