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What Does Penta Mean?

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Penta is a prefix. It is generally used at the start of a word. It means that 'five' modifies the word in some way. It was created to expand the meaning of words in English. It is flexible and can be easily added to several words to form new words. The history of this particular word is rather intriguing is derived from 'pente' which means five a word used in 1000 BC by the Ancient Greeks.

Penta is a prefix that is used in several popularly used words, for instance pentagon, pentagram, and pentoxide and pentatonic.

Additionally there is an airline called PENTA which is the diminutive form of Pena Transportes Aereos it is a South American airline. Penta water is a popular brand of bottled water. There is also a subsidiary of Volvo called Volvo Penta. In the field of music Penta is a psychedelic trance music project. Penta Corporation is a company that primarily deals in electronic manufacture.

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