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Where does “quinquenio” come from?

quinquenio (Spanish) comes from Latin quīnquennium, from Latin quinquennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.

quinquenio (Spanish): lustrum, quinquennium

Definitions

  1. lustrum, quinquennium

Ancestry of “quinquenio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquīnquennium—
2Latinquinquennisfive-year-old; quinquennial
3Latinannusyear; time; season
4Proto-Italicatnosyear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- →