Where does “sinquanta” come from?

sinquanta (Piedmontese) comes from Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

sinquanta (Piedmontese): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “sinquanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīnquāgintāfifty; 50
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomt—
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomt →Every word from Latin quīnquāgintā →