English
pentuple
Pentuple comes from Ancient Greek πέντε ‘five’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCEsame form‘five’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέντεpénte‘five’
- Englishearliest quotation 2020pentuple
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCEsame form‘five’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέντεpénte‘five’
- Englishearliest quotation 2020pentuple
Earliest quotation: 2020, Michael Sayre, Sixty Feet Under: “He gives the agents 50 gp and promises to…”
Formed from penta- ‘five’ + -ple
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe ‘five’
Ancient Greek πέντε ‘five’
English penta-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
five, fifth, finger, punch, fin, pimp, quintet, cinque, quint, quine, 21 more
through Ancient Greek πέντε ‘five’
Today it means
adj Synonym of quintuple in its various senses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / pentuple