Where does “quintuple” come from?
quintuple (French) comes from Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from Latin -plus, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
quintuple (French): quintuple; hundred twenty-eighth note
Definitions
- quintuple; hundred twenty-eighth note
Ancestry of “quintuple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | quintuple | — |
| 2 | Latin | quīntuplus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -plus | -fold |
| 4 | Latin | plicāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
Words derived from “quintuple”