Where does “pentad” come from?
pentad (English) comes from French pintade, from Portuguese pintada, from Portuguese pintado, from Portuguese pintar, from Old Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin pinctare, from Latin pictāre, from Latin pingere — to attach.
pentad (English): A group or series of five things; A mean average...
Definitions
- A group or series of five things; A mean average...
Ancestry of “pentad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pintade | guinea fowl |
| 2 | Portuguese | pintada | feminine singular of pintado; guinea fowl |
| 3 | Portuguese | pintado | spotted |
| 4 | Portuguese | pintar | to paint |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | pintar | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pinctare | — |
| 7 | Latin | pictāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 10 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |
Words derived from “pentad”