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Where does “quinaire” come from?

quinaire (French) comes from Latin quīnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

quinaire (French): quinary

Definitions

  1. quinary

Ancestry of “quinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīnārius—
2Latin-ārius—
3Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →