Where does “vigésimo” come from?

vigésimo (Spanish) comes from Latin vigesimus, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vigésimo (Spanish): twentieth

Definitions

  1. twentieth

Ancestry of “vigésimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvigesimusAlternative form of vicesimus; twentieth
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →