penta- en · X
Pronunciation
- /pɛntæ-/
- /pɛntə-/
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.
Meanings
- (morpheme) Five.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pent- | alternative, before-vowel | lexicographic |
Relateds
pentatonic · pentathlete · pentameter · pentasyllabic · pentagram · pentomino · Pentateuch · pentalogy · pentacle · pentathlon · pentaprism · pentagon · pentahedron · number
Synonyms
Translations (14)
ro penta- (five) · hi पंच- (five) · de penta- (five) · fi penta- (five) · ms panca- (five) · es penta- (five) · fr penta- (five) · it penta- (five) · ca penta- (five) · cs pěti- (five) · id lima- (five) · pt penta- (five) · fi viisi- (five) · pl penta- (five)