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Where does “cink” come from?

cink (Middle English) comes from Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “cink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcinqfive
2Old Frenchcincfive
3Vulgar Latincinquefive
4Latinquīnque—
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “cink”

  • cinque
  • sinque
  • シンク
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