keno
‘game of chance’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
E. keeno, kino, quino < F. quine ‘five winning numbers in a lottery’ < Lat. quini ‘five each,’ distributive of quinque ‘five’ < keenoh < penkwe < Tamil aintu
keno
‘game of chance’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
E. keeno, kino, quino < F. quine ‘five winning numbers in a lottery’ < Lat. quini ‘five each,’ distributive of quinque ‘five’ < keenoh < penkwe < Tamil aintu
English words derived from Tamil aintu connoting ‘the number five’