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Where does “vint” come from?

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

vint (Old French): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīgintī—
2Latinquīnque—
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vint”

  • vingtaine
  • vingtième
  • vingtaine
  • quatre-vingts
  • vingt
  • vingt
  • vint
  • wein
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