quincunx
Latin
noun
Definitions
- five twelfths
- the five on a die
Etymology
Compound from Latin quīnque (five) + Latin uncia (twelfth part, ounce, one-twelfth part, 1 12 part, inch, a twelth, a twelfth part).
Origin
Latin
uncia
Gloss
twelfth part, ounce, one-twelfth part, 1 12 part, inch, a twelth, a twelfth part
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ounce English
- quinticlave English
- unce English
- uncial English
- *cinque Latin
- *cīnque Latin
- cinque Latin
- deunx Latin
- quinquangulus Latin
- quinquefasciatus Latin
- quinquefolius Latin
- quinquiens Latin
- quinquies Latin
- quintus Latin
- quīnque Latin
- septunx Latin
- sescuncia Latin
- teruncius Latin
- uncia Latin
- oncia Italian
- once French
- ouguiya French
- onza Spanish, Castilian
- οὐγγία Ancient Greek
- *pénkʷe Proto-Indo-European
- ynce Old English
- ynċe Old English
- أونصة Arabic
- once Old French
- kvin Esperanto
- únsa Icelandic
- ungae Old Irish
- onche Norman
- once Middle French
- 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *kʷenkʷe Proto-Italic
- once Friulian