quinque- ExamplesWord Origin
- a combining form meaning “five,” used in the formation of compound words: quinquevalent.
Origin of quinque- Latin, combining form of quīnque; see five Examples from the Web for quinque Historical Examples of quinque
Causa est quod est pauperior quam ut possit eam summam pecunie (quinque marcas) solvere.
Andrew G. Little
This collection was entitled “Cantiones, qu ab argumento sacr vocantar, quinque et sex partum.”
A Short History of English Music
Ernest Ford
Noster captas detinetur in Bundamosa quinque millibus a Metis.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III
J. H. Merle D’Aubign
Discursus Cantiones; qu ab argumento sacr vocantur, quinque et sex partivm.
William Blades
Quinque enim Viros habuisti, & nunc quem habes non est Vir tuus.
Six Discourses on the Miracles of our Saviour
Thomas Woolston
British Dictionary definitions for quinque quinque- combining form
- fivequinquevalent
Word Origin for quinque- from Latin quinque Word Origin and History for quinque quinque-
before vowels quinqu-, word-forming element meaning “five, having five,” from Latin quinque “five,” by assimilation from PIE *penkwe (see five).