English Explanatory Dictionary

penta-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Five.

Pronunciation

/pɛntə-/ /pɛntæ-/

Word forms

penta- pent-

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-, “five”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Synonyms

quinque- quint-

Related words

pentacle pentagon pentagram pentahedron pentalogy pentameter pentaprism pentasyllabic Pentateuch pentathlete pentathlon pentatonic pentomino number
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