Quintuplets
/ˈkwɪn.tjʊ.pəts/noun
Five children or offspring born at one birth.
Did you know?Quintuplet is built from Latin *quintus* (“fifth”), part of the same ancient family behind words like *quintet* and *quintuple*, showing how Latin turned numbers into a whole system for naming abundance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*penkʷe
“five”
Latin
LA
quintus
“fifth”
Late Latin
LL
quintuplus
“fivefold”
French
OF
quintuple
“fivefold; occurring five times”
English
EN
quintuplet
“one of five born together”
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