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Where does “vinte” come from?

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

vinte (Portuguese): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “vinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevinte—
2Latinvīgintī—
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vinte”

  • vinti
  • binti
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