Where does “πεντάτευχος” come from?

πεντάτευχος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πεντα-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

πεντάτευχος (Ancient Greek): consisting of five papyrus rolls or (more generally) five books

Definitions

  1. consisting of five papyrus rolls or (more generally) five books

Ancestry of “πεντάτευχος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
2Ancient Greekπέντεfive
3Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “πεντάτευχος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →