Where does “quintet” come from?
Quintet comes from French quintette, from Italian quintetto, from Italian quinto meaning fifth, from Latin quintus, from Latin quinque meaning five, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe.
quintet (English): A composition in five parts; A group of five...
Definitions
- A composition in five parts; A group of five...
Ancestry of “quintet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | quintette | quintet; A composition for five voices or... |
| 2 | Italian | quintetto | quintet |
| 3 | Italian | quinto | fifth |
| 4 | Latin | Quīntus | — |
| 5 | Latin | plicō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |