quincentennial

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What does quincentennial mean?

Of or related to a 500th anniversary.

Where does quincentennial come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin quīnqueder. English quin- Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial English quincentennial From quin- (prefix meaning ‘five’) + centennial (“100-year; 100-year anniversary”). Compare Latin quingenti (“500”).

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