Where does “cvintuplu” come from?

cvintuplu (Romanian) comes from French quintuple, 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.

cvintuplu (Romanian): quintuple

Definitions

  1. quintuple

Ancestry of “cvintuplu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquintuplequintuple; hundred twenty-eighth note
2Middle Frenchquintuple—
3Latinquīntuplusfivefold, quintuple
4Latin-plus-fold
5Latinplicāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Latin -plus →