Where does “pentamère” come from?

pentamère (French) comes from French penta-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pentamère (French): pentamer

Definitions

  1. pentamer

Ancestry of “pentamère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpenta-penta
2Ancient Greekπέντεfive
3Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pentamère”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πέντε →