Where does “veinticuatro” come from?

veinticuatro (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuatro, from Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

veinticuatro (Spanish): twenty-four

Definitions

twenty-four

Ancestry of “veinticuatro”, step by step

veinticuatro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cuatro

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	cuatro	four; A four-stringed guitar with the first...
2	Old Spanish	quatro	four
3	Latin	quattŭor	four; 4
4	Portuguese	quarto	ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
5	Old Portuguese	quarto	quarter
6	Latin	quārtus	fourth
7	Proto-Indo-European	kʷeturtos	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	kʷetwóres	four
9	Proto-Indo-European	kʷe-	and

via Spanish veinte

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	veinte	twenty
2	Old Spanish	veynte	twenty
3	Latin	vīgintī	twenty
4	Latin	quīnque	five; 5
5	Proto-Italic	kʷenkʷe	five
6	Proto-Indo-European	pénkʷe	five

via Spanish y

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	y	and; plus, and; well
2	Old Spanish	e	and
3	Latin	et	and; plus; though, even if
4	Proto-Indo-European	éti	beyond; over
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₁é	and, then
6	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʰe	Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “veinticuatro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →