Etymology

fivepenny

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Today it means: Costing fivepence. Full definition →

English penny ← Middle English peny ← Old English peniġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fimf
  4. Old Englishfīf
  5. Middle Englishfyf
  6. Englishfive
  7. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  8. Latinpatina
  9. Latinpanna?
  10. Latinpannus?
  11. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  13. Old Englishpeniġ
  14. Middle Englishpeny
  15. Englishpenny
  16. English todayfivepenny

From five + penny.

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