trademark name of an anaesthetic and hypnotic, 1935, refashioning of Thiopental, from pento-, in reference to the methylbutyl five-carbon group (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + first two letters of thiobarbiturate + chemical product suffix -ol.
Pentateuch
pentathlon
Pentecost
pentecostal
penthouse
Pentothal
penult
penultima
penultimate
penumbra
penurious