Where does “twenti” come from?
twenti (Tok Pisin) comes from English twenty, from Middle English twenty, from Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
twenti (Tok Pisin): twenty
Ancestry of “twenti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | twenty | The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen... |
| 2 | Middle English | twenty | Alternative form of twenti |
| 3 | Old English | twēntiġ | twenty |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | twai tigiwiz | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |