penta-

Meaning

Five.

Synonyms

five

penta

quinti-

Translations

penta-

penta-

penta-

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛntə-/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: پنج

Cognate with Northern Kurdish: pênc

Cognate with Ossetic: фондз

Cognate with Pashto: پنځه

Cognate with Sanskrit: पञ्चन्

In summary

PIE word
*pénkʷe
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.