Where does “cinc” come from?

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

cinc (Old French): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “cinc”, step by step

cinc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin cinque

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

via Latin cīnque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincīnquewith dissimilation of /kʷ–kʷ/ to /k–kʷ/

Words derived from “cinc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →