Where does “pentatome” come from?

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

pentatome (French): pentatomid

Definitions

  1. pentatomid

Ancestry of “pentatome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpenta-penta
2Ancient Greekπέντεfive
3Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πέντε →