Where does “veintiocho” come from?

veintiocho (Spanish) comes from Spanish ocho, from Old Spanish ocho, from Old Spanish oito, from Latin octō, from Proto-Italic oktō, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

veintiocho (Spanish): twenty-eight

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight

Ancestry of “veintiocho”, step by step

veintiocho traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ocho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishochoeight
2Old Spanishochoeight
3Old Spanishoito
4Latinoctōeight; 8
5Proto-Italicoktōeight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

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

Words derived from “veintiocho

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwEvery word from Proto-Italic oktō