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quintile (n.)
1610s, originally in astrology, from Latin quintus "the fifth" (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + -ile, from quartile. Use in statistics dates to 1951.
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quintillion (n.)
1670s, from Latin quintus "the fifth" (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + ending from million. Compare billion. In Great Britain, the fifth power of a million (1 followed by 30 zeroes); in U.S. the sixth power of a thousand (1 followed by 18 zeroes).
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quintuple (adj.)
1560s, from French quintuple (15c.), from Late Latin quintuplex, from Latin quintus "fifth" (related to quinque "five;" from PIE root *penkwe- "five") on model of quadruple. Related: Quintuplicate.
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quintuple (v.)
1630s, from quintuple (adj.) or from French quintupler (v.). Related: Quintupled; quintupling.
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quintuplet (n.)
1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet. In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.
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quinzane (n.)
"group of fifteen," 1856, from French quinzaine (12c.), from quinze "fifteen," from Latin quindecim (see fifteen).
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quip (n.)
1530s, variant of quippy in same sense (1510s), perhaps from Latin quippe "indeed, of course, as you see, naturally, obviously" (used sarcastically), from quid "what" (neuter of pronoun quis "who," from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns), and compare quibble (n.)) + emphatic particle -pe.
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quip (v.)
"make a quip," 1570s, from quip (n.). Related: Quipped; quipping.
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quipu (n.)

ancient Inca recording device using knotted cords, 1704, from Quechua (Inca) quipu "knot."

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quire (n.1)
c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four"). Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
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