英语词汇“Indo-European root: penkwe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: penkwe

释义

‌‌penk^we
Five.
Derivatives include five, Pentecost, quintessence, finger, and foist.

Basic form *penk^we.
1. Assimilated form *pempe.
  1. 1. five; fifty, from Old English fīf, five, with derivative fīftig, fifty (-tēne, ten; see dekm̥);
    2. fin², from Old High German finf, funf, five. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *fimf.
  2. 1. fifteen, from Old English fīftēne, fifteen;
    2. femto-, from Old Norse fimmtān, fifteen. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic compound *fimftehun, fifteen (*tehun, ten; see dekm̥).
2. Assimilated form *k^wenk^we.
  1. cinquain, cinque, quinque-; cinquecento, cinquefoil, quincunx, from Latin quīnque, five;
  2. keno, quinate, from Latin distributive quīnī, five each;
  3. quinceañera, quindecennial, from Latin compound quīndecim, fifteen (decem, ten; see dekm̥);
  4. quincentenary, from Latin quīngentī, five hundred.
3. penta-, pentad; penstemon, pentagon, pentameter, pentathlon, from Greek pente, five.
4. punch³; pachisi, from Sanskrit pañca, five.
Compound *penk^we-(d)konta, "five tens," fifty (*-(d)konta, group of ten; see dekm̥).
1. quinquagenarian, Quinquagesima, from Latin quīnquāgintā, fifty.
2. Pentecost, pinxter flower, from Greek pentēkonta, fifty.
Ordinal adjective *penk^w-to‑.
1. fifth, from Old English fīfta, fifth, from Germanic *fimftōn‑.
2. quint¹, quintain, quintet, quintile; quintessence, quintillion, quintuple, from Latin quīntus (< *quinc-tos), feminine quīnta, fifth.
Suffixed form *penk^w-ro‑. finger, from Old English finger, finger, from Germanic *fingwraz, finger (< "one of five").
Suffixed reduced zero-grade form *pn̥k-sti‑.
1. fist, from Old English fȳst, fist;
2. foist, from Dutch vuist, fist. Both a and b from Germanic *funhstiz.

[Pokorny penk^u̯e 808, pn̥ksti‑ 839.]

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