Where does “veintiúnico” come from?

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

veintiúnico (Spanish): unique, singular

Definitions

  1. unique, singular

Ancestry of “veintiúnico”, step by step

veintiúnico traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish veinte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishveintetwenty
2Old Spanishveyntetwenty
3Latinvīgintītwenty
4Latinquīnquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Spanish único

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishúnicoonly; single; sole; unique, one-of-a-kind;...
2Latinūnicusonly, sole, single
3Latinūnusone, single
4Old Latinoinosone
5Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Spanish y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyand; plus, and; well
2Old Spanisheand
3Latinetand; plus; though, even if
4Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quīnque
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