The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιά“through, across”
- Latin · derived fromdiapente
- English todaydiapente
From Latin diapente, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδιά all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.