Where does “quina” come from?

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

quina (English): quinine

Definitions

  1. quinine

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

Words derived from “quina”

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