Where does “pentamerico” come from?

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

pentamerico (Italian): pentameric

Definitions

  1. pentameric

Ancestry of “pentamerico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpentameropentamerous; pentamer
2Italianpenta-penta
3Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
4Ancient Greekπέντεfive
5Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →