Where does “cincime” come from?

cincime (Romanian) comes from Romanian cinci, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cincime (Romanian): a fifth one of five equal parts of a whole

Definitions

  1. a fifth one of five equal parts of a whole

Ancestry of “cincime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancincifive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →
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