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Where does “quinquefoliolate” come from?

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

quinquefoliolate (English): Having five leaflets

Definitions

  1. Having five leaflets

Ancestry of “quinquefoliolate”, step by step

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