1610s, originally in astrology, from Latin quintus "the fifth" (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + -ile, from quartile. Use in statistics dates to 1951.
quintain
quintal
quintessence
quintessential
quintet
quintile
quintillion
quintuple
quintuplet
quinzane
quip
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