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Where does “veinte” come from?

veinte (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish veynte, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

veinte (Spanish): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “veinte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “veinte”

  • veintiséis
  • veintinueve
  • veintitrés
  • veinticinco
  • veintidós
  • veinteavo
  • veintiocho
  • veinticuatro
  • veintisiete
  • beynte
  • binti
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