Where does “quinaire” come from?

quinaire (French) comes from Latin quīnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

quinaire (French): quinary

Definitions

  1. quinary

Ancestry of “quinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinquīnāriusContaining or consisting of five things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “quinaire”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin quīnārius →