Etymology

quint-

Today it means: Five. Full definition →

Latin quīntus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromquīntus“fifth”
  2. English todayquint-

Learned borrowing from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

Words from the same roots

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