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Where does “quinquedentated” come from?

quinquedentated (English) comes from English quinque-, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

quinquedentated (English): Having a pattern of five teeth

Definitions

  1. Having a pattern of five teeth

Ancestry of “quinquedentated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishquinque-five
2Latinquīnque—
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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