Etymology

cinquecento

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Today it means: Sixteenth-century (1500s). Full definition →

Italian cinquecento ← Latin centum ← Proto-Italic *kəntom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷenkʷe
  3. Latincīnque
  4. Italiancinque
  5. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kəntom
  8. Latincentum
  9. Italiancento
  10. Italiancinquecento
  11. English todaycinquecento

Borrowed from Italian cinquecento.

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