Where does “enquadernació” come from?
enquadernació (Catalan) comes from Catalan enquadernar, from Catalan quadern, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus — and.
enquadernació (Catalan): binding, bookbinding
Definitions
- binding, bookbinding
Ancestry of “enquadernació”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | enquadernar | to bind to put together in a cover, as of books |
| 2 | Catalan | quadern | booklet; signature; A group of four pages printed... |
| 3 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 4 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 5 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 6 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 8 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |