cinquaginta

From Classical quīnquāgintā via dissimilation of /kʷ–kʷ/ to /k–kʷ/. The same process affected cīnque < Classical quīnque (“five”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kiːn.kʷaːˈɡin.taː/, [kiːŋkʷäːˈɡɪn̪t̪äː]

cīnquāgintā (indeclinable)

1. (Vulgar Latin, nonstandard) fifty
   • 2nd c. CE, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 10 05939 (1):[1]

     ... [vi]xit annis quadracinta cinque ex quo nati sunt fili vigintiunus et Camuriusnia Rofina filia ipsuius qui vixit annis cinquaginta quator baene maerenti fecerunt

     ...lived for forty-five years and had twenty-one sons and a daughter Camuriusnia Rofina, who lived fifty-four years; [together,] they made [this epitaph] for [their] well-deserving [parent]