Etymograph

English

Quintile

Quintile comes from Latin Quīntīlis ‘Fifth Month’, from Iānuārius ‘January’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-no-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₂-no-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jānosnext step skipped: Latin iānus
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānus‘Janus’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānuārius‘January’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntus‘fifth’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuīntīlis‘Fifth Month’
  7. EnglishtodayQuintile

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₂-no-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jānosnext step skipped: Latin iānus
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānus‘Janus’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIānuārius‘January’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntus‘fifth’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuīntīlis‘Fifth Month’
  7. EnglishtodayQuintile

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-no-

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-no- / Quintile

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