Where does “quina” come from?

quina (Catalan) comes from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

quina (Catalan): feminine singular of quin

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of quin

Ancestry of “quina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquinaquinine; toxic wine; double five
2Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
3Latinquinifive each; five at a time
4Latinquinquefive; 5
5Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quinque →