- quintuple (adj.)
[quintuple 词源字典]
- 1560s, from French quintuple (15c.), from Late Latin quintuplex, from Latin quintus "fifth" (related to quinque "five;" see quinque-) on model of quadruple. Related: Quintuplicate.[quintuple etymology, quintuple origin, 英语词源]
- quintuple (v.)
- 1630s, from quintuple (adj.) or from French quintupler (v.). Related: Quintupled; quintupling.