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Where does “cinco” come from?

cinco (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish çinco, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cinco (Spanish): five; a five

Definitions

  1. five; a five

Ancestry of “cinco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishçinco—
2Vulgar Latincinquefive
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “cinco”

  • cinquillo
  • cinquillo
  • veinticinco
  • kin
  • singko
  • singko
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →