Quinate Definition
(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
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Origin of Quinate
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First attested in 1760; from the post-Classical Latin quÄ«nātus, from the distributive numeral quÄ«nÄ« (“five each", “five at a time"); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.
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First attested in 1810; either quin(a) +"Ž -ate or quin(ic) +"Ž -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.
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Latin quīnī five each penkwe in Indo-European roots –ate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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