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Where does “veintidós” come from?

veintidós (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.

veintidós (Spanish): twenty-two

Definitions

  1. twenty-two

Ancestry of “veintidós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishveintetwenty
2Old Spanishveyntetwenty
3Latinvīgintī—
4Latinquīnque—
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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