Where does “pentaidrato” come from?

pentaidrato (Italian) comes from Italian penta-, from Ancient Greek πεντα-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pentaidrato (Italian): pentahydrate, pentahydroxide

Definitions

  1. pentahydrate, pentahydroxide

Ancestry of “pentaidrato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpenta-penta
2Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
3Ancient Greekπέντεfive
4Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →