"fifteen" in seven languages
Meaningfifteen
Spanish
quince
/ˈkinθe/
inherited
French
quinze
/kɛ̃z/
inherited
Italian
quindici
/ˈkwinditʃi/
inherited
Portuguese
quinze
/ˈkĩzi/
inherited
Romanian
cincisprezece
/ˈtʃintʃsprezetʃe/
other source · Romanian compound cinci spre zece 'five upon ten'
Catalan
quinze
/ˈkinzə/
inherited
English
fifteen
/fɪfˈtin/
Indo-European kin · PIE *pénkʷe + *déḱm̥
English → ItalianfifteenquindiciDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
QUĪNDECIM‘fifteen’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In Latin America a quinceañera is a girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday; French quinze jours means 'a fortnight' (counting both ends).
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