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Where does “vigésimo” come from?

vigésimo (Portuguese) comes from Latin vigesimus, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vigésimo (Portuguese): twentieth

Definitions

  1. twentieth

Ancestry of “vigésimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvigesimusAlternative form of vicesimus; twentieth
2Latinvīgintī—
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →