Etymograph

English

quinary

Quinary comes from Latin quīnārius ‘containing five each’, and goes back to quīnī.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnī1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnārius1‘containing five each’
  3. Englishtodayquinary1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quinary

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnīWiktionary, English quinary
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnāriusWiktionary, English quinary‘containing five each’
  3. EnglishtodayquinaryWiktionary, English quinary

Linked words

through Latin quīnī

quine, 1 more

Today it means

adj Of fifth rank or order.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quinary”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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