Etymograph

English

Quintus

Quintus comes from Latin Quīntus ‘masculine praenomen’, from quīnque ‘five’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenkʷe‘five’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnque‘five’next step skipped: Latin quīntus
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuīntus‘masculine praenomen’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1894Quintus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenkʷe‘five’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnque‘five’next step skipped: Latin quīntus
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuīntus‘masculine praenomen’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1894Quintus

Earliest quotation: 1894, Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, Louis Claude Purser: “Q. Q.] ‘the two Quinti.’ Quintus, the brother of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’

five, fifth, punch, finger, pentagon, pimp, fin, quine, 24 more

through Latin quīnque ‘five’

cinque, 7 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Latin

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / Quintus

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