English
quinity
Quinity comes from Latin quīnī ‘five each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnī‘five each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1997quinity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnī‘five each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnitās
- Englishearliest quotation 1997quinity
Earliest quotation: 1997, Ernst Kantorowicz: Erträge Der Doppeltag, Princeton: “His subject is a "strange image" among the llth…”
Linked words
through Latin quīnī ‘five each’
Today it means
noun Synonym of quintet: A group of five.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quīnī / quinity