Etymograph

English

requinto

Requinto comes from Spanish requinto ‘an additional fifth part taken’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe1‘five’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*penkʷtós1‘fifth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenktos1‘fifth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnctus1
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquintus2‘fifth’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentquinto3‘fifth’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrequinto4‘an additional fifth part taken’
  8. Englishtodayrequinto4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quintus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish quinto
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Spanish requinto
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English requinto

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷeWiktionary, Latin quintus‘five’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*penkʷtósWiktionary, Latin quintus‘fifth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷenktosWiktionary, Latin quintus‘fifth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquīnctusWiktionary, Latin quintus
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquintusWiktionary, Spanish quinto‘fifth’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentquintoWiktionary, Spanish requinto‘fifth’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrequintoWiktionary, English requinto‘an additional fifth part taken’
  8. EnglishtodayrequintoWiktionary, English requinto

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’

five, punch, finger, pentagon, fin, pimp, cinque, quine, 19 more

through Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós ‘fifth’

fifth, 4 more

through Latin quīnctus

quintuple, 4 more

through Latin quintus ‘fifth’

quintet, quintus, quint, 6 more

Today it means

noun A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually a guitar.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “requinto”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin quintus, Spanish quinto, Spanish requinto. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / requinto

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