Where does “quinconce” come from?
quinconce (French) comes from Latin quincunx, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ, from Latin canadensis — to turn.
quinconce (French): A quincunx, a group of five items arranged in a...
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- A quincunx, a group of five items arranged in a...
Ancestry of “quinconce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quincunx | five twelfths; the five on a die |
| 2 | Latin | uncia | The twelfth part of something; twelfth; The... |
| 3 | Old French | lonce | lynx |
| 4 | Italian | lonza | loin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | luncea | — |
| 6 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 8 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 9 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 10 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 11 | Latin | colō | — |
| 12 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |