Where does “vin” come from?

vin (Louisiana Creole) comes from French vingt, from Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vin (Louisiana Creole): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvingttwenty
2Old Frenchvinttwenty
3Latinvīgintītwenty
4Latinquīnquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quīnque
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