Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Quintessence has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
the most typical example or representative of a type
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.