English
quint
Quint comes from Latin quīntus ‘fifth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*penkʷtós‘fifth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenktos‘fifth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntus‘fifth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600quint
- Englishearliest quotation 1923same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*penkʷtós‘fifth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenktos‘fifth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntus‘fifth’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600quint
- Englishearliest quotation 1923same form
Earliest quotation: 1923, Ernest Bramah pseudonym; Ernest Brammah , (please specify the page): “The discard was, in fact, an experiment in bluff.…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
five, punch, finger, pentagon, pimp, fin, cinque, quine, 23 more
through Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós ‘fifth’
Today it means
noun An interval of one fifth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / quint