Where does “quinquelocular” come from?

quinquelocular (English) comes from English locular, from French loculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

quinquelocular (English): Having five cells or compartments

Definitions

  1. Having five cells or compartments

Ancestry of “quinquelocular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocularHaving a loculus or compartment
2Frenchloculairelocular
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -aire →