Where does “quatre” come from?
quatre (Canadian French) comes from Old French quatre, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
quatre (Canadian French): four
Definitions
- four
Ancestry of “quatre”, step by step
quatre traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French quatre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quatre | four |
| 2 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 3 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 5 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Old French catre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | catre | four |
| 2 | Latin | quattuor | four; 4 |
| 3 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Old French qatre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | qatre | four |