The story
- Latin · borrowed fromquīnquennālia
- English todayquinquennalia
From Latin quīnquennālia, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quinquennium + -alia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.