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Where does “singko” come from?

singko (Tagalog) comes from Spanish cinco, from Old Spanish çinco, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

singko (Tagalog): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “singko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcincofive; a five
2Old Spanishçinco—
3Vulgar Latincinquefive
4Latinquīnque—
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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