English

fivepenny

From five + penny.

A compound of five + penny

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Germanic *fimf

Proto-West Germanic *fimf

Old English fīf

Middle English fyf

English five

Middle English peny ‘a penny or other silver coin’

English penny

Today it means

adj Costing fivepence.

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

Etymograph / fivepenny