Where does “veintisiete” come from?

veintisiete (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.

veintisiete (Spanish): twenty-seven

Definitions

  1. twenty-seven

Ancestry of “veintisiete”, step by step

veintisiete 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 siete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsieteseven
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “veintisiete

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