Where does “cinq” come from?

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

cinq (Middle French): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “cinq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcincfive
2Vulgar Latincinquefive
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “cinq”

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