Where does “quinary” come from?

quinary (English) comes from Latin quīnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

quinary (English): Of fifth rank or order; Consisting of five...

Definitions

  1. Of fifth rank or order; Consisting of five...

Ancestry of “quinary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinquīnāriusContaining or consisting of five things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “quinary”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin quīnārius →