Where does “cinquante” come from?

cinquante (Old French) comes from Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

cinquante (Old French): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “cinquante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīnquāgintāfifty; 50
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt—
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—

Words derived from “cinquante”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt →Every word from Latin quīnquāgintā →