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

veintidós 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 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

via Spanish dos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdostwo
2Old Spanishdostwo
3Latinduōtwo; 2
4Proto-Italicduōtwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “veintidós

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quīnque