Where does “pentile” come from?

pentile (English) comes from English -ile, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pentile (English): Any of the four points that divide an ordered...

Definitions

  1. Any of the four points that divide an ordered...

Ancestry of “pentile”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from English -ile →
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