English
pentaploid
From penta- + -ploid.
Formed from penta- + -ploid
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe ‘five’
Ancient Greek πέντε ‘five’
English penta-
Today it means
adj That has five haploid sets of chromosomes
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pentaploid