Where does “Pentecost” come from?
Pentecost derives from Old English pentecosten, from Ecclesiastical Latin pentecoste, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή, meaning fiftieth, from πεντήκοντα, fifty, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe(d)ḱomt.
Ancestry of “Pentecost”, step by step
Words derived from “Pentecost”