quintuplet的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

quintuplet：五胞胎

quint-,五，-plet,倍数，词源同triplet,quadruplet.引申词义五胞胎。

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