The story
- Latin · derived fromplus“in sum”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπέντε“five”
- English todaypentuple
From penta- (“five”) + -ple, from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) and Latin plus (“in sum”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπέντε all →
Pentateuchpentachoronpentacronpentapodypentennialpeta-
Latinplus all →
plusplus-plusquam-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.