Where does “quina” come from?

quina (Spanish) comes from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

quina (Spanish): quinine; toxic wine; double five

Definitions

  1. quinine; toxic wine; double five

Ancestry of “quina”, step by step

quina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin quina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
2Latinquinifive each; five at a time
3Latinquinquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Spanish quinaquina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquinaquinacinchona bark, quinquina
2Quechuakina"Cinchona" bark

Words derived from “quina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quinque →