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English

quintuplex

Quintuplex comes from Latin quīntuplex ‘fivefold, possessing five parts’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntuplex1‘fivefold, possessing five parts’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1844quintuplex1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quintuplex
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1844, William Henry Smyth, θ¹ Orionis: “This was entered 1 ♅. iii., in November, 1776,…”.

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīntuplexWiktionary, English quintuplex‘fivefold, possessing five parts’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1844quintuplexWiktionary, English quintuplex. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1844, William Henry Smyth, θ¹ Orionis: “This was entered 1 ♅. iii., in November, 1776,…”

Every English word from Latin quīntuplex

Today it means

adj Synonym of quintuple in its various senses.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quintuplex”. 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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