Quintile
/ˈkwɪn.taɪl/noun
A statistical term referring to one of the five equal divisions of a data set.
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Etymological Timeline
Middle Latin
Latin
quintilis
“fifth month (July, originally the fifth month in the Roman calendar)”
14th Century
Latin
quintus
“fifth, from the original numeral”
Late 19th Century
English
quintile
“a division of a statistical distribution into five equal parts, used in modern statistics.”
Modern English
English
quintile
“the term is now widely used in statistics and analysis to describe five equal segments of data.”
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