Where does “Quintile” come from?

Quintile comes from Latin Quintilis, derived from the Latin suffix -ilis combined with Latin quinque meaning five, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe.

Quintile (English): the former Roman name of the month July

Definitions

  1. the former Roman name of the month July

Ancestry of “Quintile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iletending to, or capable of
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Quintile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →