Where does “cinctus” come from?

cinctus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin quintus, from Latin quinctus, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cinctus (Vulgar Latin): surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded;...

Definitions

  1. surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded;...

Ancestry of “cinctus”, step by step

cinctus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quintus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquintusfifth, the ordinal number after "quartus" and...
2Latinquinctus—
3Latinquinquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Latin cingo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincingoI surround, circle, ring; I gird on; I crown or...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

Words derived from “cinctus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quinque →