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- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
- Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
- Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
- Englishpenta-
- Englisherythritol
- English todaypentaerythritol
From penta- + erythritol.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pentaerythritol
Today it means: The polyhydric alcohol 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)1,3-propanediol C(CH₂OH)₄ Full definition →
English erythritol ← Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe